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The Covid pandemic was expected to provide a catalyst for better service provision by governments in general and local governments in particular. However, the complexity of governance suggests that citizens' expectations of performance of constitutionally assigned roles may not always meet the realities of state–state relations. This paper provides a nuanced example of the interplay between state–state relations, citizens' expectations and state–society relations in a three-tiered multi-governance context. Using findings from a virtual focus group discussion and online survey conducted in the first-wave lockdown in Lagos, Nigeria, it is shown that existing state–state relations influenced the relegation of local governments in the Covid-19 response structure, while citizens' expectations continually demanded their visibility in service provision, a role that community actors and civil society groups took up. It is argued that it is not enough for services (particularly in health emergencies) to be provided in local government areas and through local governments, but services provided by local governments provide the competency local governments need to partner with civil society and other actors, thereby strengthening their capacity to assume devolved roles.

Part I: Introduction -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Part II: Thematic Study -- Chapter 2. Transit-Oriented Development and Urbanisation in African Cities -- Chapter 3. Transit-Oriented Development and Housing in African Cities -- Chapter 4. Transit-Oriented Development and Urban Health and Livability in African Cities -- Chapter 5. Transit-Oriented Development and Urban Infrastructure in African Cities -- Chapter 6. Transit-Oriented Development and Land in African Cities -- Chapter 7. Transit-Oriented Development and Construction in African Cities -- Chapter 8 -- Transit-Oriented Development and Pro-Poor Development in African Cities -- Chapter 9 -- Transit-Oriented Development and Spatial Data Infrastructure in African Cities -- Part III: City Study -- Chapter 10. Urban Infrastructure and Transit-Oriented Development in Banjul, Gambia -- Chapter 11 -- Urban Infrastructure and Transit-Oriented Development in Freetown, Sierra Leone -- Chapter 12 -- Urban Infrastructure and Transit-Oriented Development in Abuja, Nigeria -- Chapter 13 -- Urban Infrastructure and Transit-Oriented Development in Osogbo, Nigeria -- Chapter 14 -- Urban Infrastructure and Transit-Oriented Development in Accra, Ghana -- Chapter 15 -- Urban Infrastructure and Transit-Oriented Development in Lagos, Nigeria.

AbstractRecently, the authorities in Lagos have implemented policies progressively restricting the operation of okadas (motorcycle taxis). We analyze the enforcement of these measures through the lens of street‐level bureaucrats (SLBs) and street‐level policy entrepreneurs (SLPEs). Doing so, we introduce two novel features into the literature. First, the extant literature focuses primarily on policies that deliver public services, whereas policies can also control proscribed behavior. We refer to these as service delivery and regulation, respectively. Second, the exercise of discretion by SLBs and SLPEs can result in both "underenforcement" and "overenforcement" of regulatory policies, the latter potentially involving breaking the law. Drawing on extensive fieldwork in Lagos between 2021 and 2023, we find strong evidence of both underenforcement and overenforcement of okada bans over time, but with more overenforcement. This offers important insights conceptually for the SLPE literature and empirically to the challenges of policing urban Lagos.

Africa's housing sector as a pathway to achieving the SDGs -- Global goal, local context: Pathways to sustainable urban development in Lagos, Nigeria -- The road not taken: Policy and politics of housing management in Africa -- Learning from experience: An exposition of Singapore's home ownership scheme and imperatives for Nigeria -- Housing and possible health implications in upgraded informal settlements: Evidence from Mangaung township, South Africa -- Housing, health and well-being of slum dwellers in Nigeria: Case studies of six cities -- Adverse impact of human activities on aquatic ecosystems: Investigating the environmental sustainability perception of stakeholders in Lagos and Ogun states, Nigeria -- Meeting the sustainable development goals: Considerations for household and indoor air pollution in Nigeria and Ghana -- A study of housing, good health and well-being in Kampala, Uganda.

This book disrupts the dominant underlying international norms informing urban development strategies across African cities. International policy frameworks have created a new universal agenda for developing cities. However, these frameworks have also imposed global paradigms and discourses that are often in conflict with local urbanisms. As we approach the deadline for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, there is need for reflection and deliberation on a post-2030 agenda. The authors identify powerful assumptions, norms, and positionalities that obfuscate the efforts to achieve sustainable development in African cities, as well as along the North–South divide. They argue that a disruptive critique of these normative concepts, grounded in the lived African urban everyday, opens up opportunities to dismantle their assumed neutrality. Through disruption, the authors critically re-interpret the meanings of policy and the praxis of local urbanism, ultimately challenging the logic of universalising concepts underpinning implementation in the current international policy system, and asserting the need for contextualised urban policies. The book will be of interest to scholars and students of urban studies, development planning, urban governance, human settlements, development studies, urban geography, and African studies. It will also be useful for practitioners including town and regional/urban planners, urban policy consultants, and international development cooperation agencies. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

This book disrupts the dominant underlying international norms informing urban development strategies across African cities. The book will interest practitioners, scholars and students of urban studies, development planning, urban governance, human settlements, development studies, and African studies.