Urban planning and public health in Africa : historical, theoretical and practical dimensions of a continent's water and sanitation problematic / Ambe J. Njoh.

Farnham ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2012]

xii, 237 pages : black and white illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-225) and index.

A brief history of public health and the built environment -- The state, ideology, health and built space in Africa -- Town planning, public health and the colonial project -- Racism versus health concerns as the rationale for racial segregation -- Public health implications of modernist planning -- Hygiene and sanitation conditions in west and central africa -- Hygiene and sanitation in the Eastern and Southern Africa region -- Hygiene and sanitation in Northern Africa -- Solid waste disposal and sanitation technologies, and determinants -- Of access to improved sanitation -- Sustainable hygiene and sanitation strategies.