K inshasa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23700595 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Luce Beeckmans (0000-0001-8885-6927, Ghent University Hospital, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Pages | 1-5 |
| Publication date | 2019-04-15 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Urban and Regional Studies (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781118568446.eurs0537 |
| OpenAlex | W4234536802 |
| ISBN | 9781118568446 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), grew in less than 100 years from some dispersed villages accommodating around 30,000 people to a megalopolis of more than 12 million inhabitants. On the African continent only Lagos (Nigeria) and Cairo (Egypt) have a larger urban population. Although the Belgian colonizer strictly controlled the growth of the city through urban planning interventions, since independence in 1960 the rapid urbanization process of the city is happening without any guidance from outside. Consequently, in the literature Kinshasa is often used to illustrate Africa's inventive responses to the enduring infrastructural crisis and the resilience of Kinshasa's inhabitants in particular.
Archaeology · Capital (architecture) · Capital city · Democracy · Development economics · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Geography · Independence (probability theory) · Megalopolis · Political science · Politics · Population · Psychological resilience · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Urbanization · Demography · French Urban and Social Studies · Political and Social Issues · Water Governance and Infrastructure
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |