Robin Bloch
Biographic Data
| ID | 3674052 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robin Bloch |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robin |
| FAMILY NAME | Bloch |
| SIGNATURE | BLOCH R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the Witwatersrand |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 58 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Africa’s Suburban Constellations
Understanding the dynamics of Nigeria’s urban transition
Nigeria contains some of Africa’s oldest and newest cities, hosts five of the 30 largest urban settlements on the continent, and is estimated to have the biggest urban population on the continent. Yet many of the basic ‘facts’ about spatial-demographic trends in Nigeria have been contested. Most recently, an article published in World Development in 2012 claimed that urbanisation had stalled in Nigeria. In an effort to establish and explain the s…
Lessons from urban risk assessments in Latin American and Caribbean cities
This paper draws on the results from a recent World Bank-funded project designed to inform policy-making and climate change adaptation planning in small and medium-sized cities in Latin America and the Caribbean. The focus was on floods and landslides, which are the two most common climate-related risks in cities across the region. The project allowed the application of the Urban Risk Assessment (URA) tool developed by the World Bank and the draw…
Peripheries, suburbanisms and change in sub-Saharan African cities
The paper reports on developments in the peripheries and suburbs of African cities south of the Sahara. Many African economies are expanding at unprecedented scale and with profound urban results. The paper is based on an extensive review of secondary sources and a modicum of fieldwork. Following Ekers, Hamers, and Keil (2012 Ekers, M., Hamel, P. and Keil, R. 2012. Governing Suburbia: Modalities and Mechanisms of Suburban Governance. Regional Stu…
Cities and Flooding
Urban flooding is a serious and growing development challenge. It is a global phenomenon which causes widespread devastation, economic damages and loss of human lives. \n \nThe occurrence of floods is the most frequent among all natural disasters globally. In 2010 alone, 178 million people were affected by floods. The total losses in exceptional years such as 1998 and 2010 exceeded $40 billion. \n \nCities and Flooding: A Guide to Integrated Urba…
Linkages in Ghana's gold mining industry
Dubai's Long Goodbye
This essay details the effects of the global economic crisis on Dubai and assesses the future implications for urban and economic development in Dubai itself and within its broader sphere of influence. Dubai's real estate-led six-year boom between 2003 and 2008 is located within the emirate's growth strategy, which expressed the ruling al-Maktoum family's long-running ambition for the city-state to ascend to global-city status on the basis of sig…
Subnational economic development in present-day South Africa
Endless quest for space
Planning for a fragrant future
American exceptionalism in regional planning, 1933-20001
Peripheries, suburbanisms and change in sub-Saharan African cities
The paper reports on developments in the peripheries and suburbs of African cities south of the Sahara. Many African economies are expanding at unprecedented scale and with profound urban results. The paper is based on an extensive review of secondary sources and a modicum of fieldwork. Following Ekers, Hamers, and Keil (2012 Ekers, M., Hamel, P. and Keil, R. 2012. Governing Suburbia: Modalities and Mechanisms of Suburban Governance. Regional Stu…
Dubai's Long Goodbye
This essay details the effects of the global economic crisis on Dubai and assesses the future implications for urban and economic development in Dubai itself and within its broader sphere of influence. Dubai's real estate-led six-year boom between 2003 and 2008 is located within the emirate's growth strategy, which expressed the ruling al-Maktoum family's long-running ambition for the city-state to ascend to global-city status on the basis of sig…
Planning for a fragrant future
American exceptionalism in regional planning, 1933-20001
Understanding the dynamics of Nigeria’s urban transition
Nigeria contains some of Africa’s oldest and newest cities, hosts five of the 30 largest urban settlements on the continent, and is estimated to have the biggest urban population on the continent. Yet many of the basic ‘facts’ about spatial-demographic trends in Nigeria have been contested. Most recently, an article published in World Development in 2012 claimed that urbanisation had stalled in Nigeria. In an effort to establish and explain the s…
Lessons from urban risk assessments in Latin American and Caribbean cities
This paper draws on the results from a recent World Bank-funded project designed to inform policy-making and climate change adaptation planning in small and medium-sized cities in Latin America and the Caribbean. The focus was on floods and landslides, which are the two most common climate-related risks in cities across the region. The project allowed the application of the Urban Risk Assessment (URA) tool developed by the World Bank and the draw…
American exceptionalism in regional planning, 1933-20001
Planning for a fragrant future
Endless quest for space
Subnational economic development in present-day South Africa
Dubai's Long Goodbye
This essay details the effects of the global economic crisis on Dubai and assesses the future implications for urban and economic development in Dubai itself and within its broader sphere of influence. Dubai's real estate-led six-year boom between 2003 and 2008 is located within the emirate's growth strategy, which expressed the ruling al-Maktoum family's long-running ambition for the city-state to ascend to global-city status on the basis of sig…
Cities and Flooding
Urban flooding is a serious and growing development challenge. It is a global phenomenon which causes widespread devastation, economic damages and loss of human lives. \n \nThe occurrence of floods is the most frequent among all natural disasters globally. In 2010 alone, 178 million people were affected by floods. The total losses in exceptional years such as 1998 and 2010 exceeded $40 billion. \n \nCities and Flooding: A Guide to Integrated Urba…
Linkages in Ghana's gold mining industry
Peripheries, suburbanisms and change in sub-Saharan African cities
The paper reports on developments in the peripheries and suburbs of African cities south of the Sahara. Many African economies are expanding at unprecedented scale and with profound urban results. The paper is based on an extensive review of secondary sources and a modicum of fieldwork. Following Ekers, Hamers, and Keil (2012 Ekers, M., Hamel, P. and Keil, R. 2012. Governing Suburbia: Modalities and Mechanisms of Suburban Governance. Regional Stu…
Lessons from urban risk assessments in Latin American and Caribbean cities
This paper draws on the results from a recent World Bank-funded project designed to inform policy-making and climate change adaptation planning in small and medium-sized cities in Latin America and the Caribbean. The focus was on floods and landslides, which are the two most common climate-related risks in cities across the region. The project allowed the application of the Urban Risk Assessment (URA) tool developed by the World Bank and the draw…
Understanding the dynamics of Nigeria’s urban transition
Nigeria contains some of Africa’s oldest and newest cities, hosts five of the 30 largest urban settlements on the continent, and is estimated to have the biggest urban population on the continent. Yet many of the basic ‘facts’ about spatial-demographic trends in Nigeria have been contested. Most recently, an article published in World Development in 2012 claimed that urbanisation had stalled in Nigeria. In an effort to establish and explain the s…
Africa’s Suburban Constellations
Political science (8 works) · Economics (7 works) · Geography (7 works) · Economic geography (4 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Urban and Rural Development Challenges (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Development economics (3 works) · Engineering (3 works) · Environmental planning (3 works)