TY - JOUR
T1 - Germany and the deployment of urban planning to create, reinforce and maintain power in colonial Cameroon
AU - Njoh, Ambe J.
AU - Bigon, Liora
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Elsevier Ltd.
PY - 2015/10/1
Y1 - 2015/10/1
N2 - The study analyzes data from a range of secondary and primary sources, including in-situ observations, on German colonial urbanism in Cameroon. It shows how German colonial authorities deployed urban planning tools, talent and schemes to create, reinforce and maintain five overlapping variants of power, including military, economic, political, cultural and socio-psychological power. Thus, unlike previous studies, this one does not focus on the use of power to achieve urban planning objectives in built space. Instead, it draws attention to the many ways in which a colonial government summoned urban planning expertise and tools to bolster power in milieus other than urban planning.
AB - The study analyzes data from a range of secondary and primary sources, including in-situ observations, on German colonial urbanism in Cameroon. It shows how German colonial authorities deployed urban planning tools, talent and schemes to create, reinforce and maintain five overlapping variants of power, including military, economic, political, cultural and socio-psychological power. Thus, unlike previous studies, this one does not focus on the use of power to achieve urban planning objectives in built space. Instead, it draws attention to the many ways in which a colonial government summoned urban planning expertise and tools to bolster power in milieus other than urban planning.
KW - Cameroon
KW - Colonial Africa
KW - Colonial urban planning
KW - Colonialism
KW - German colonialism
KW - Planning power
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84929427859&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.habitatint.2015.05.002
DO - 10.1016/j.habitatint.2015.05.002
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AN - SCOPUS:84929427859
SN - 0197-3975
VL - 49
SP - 10
EP - 20
JO - Habitat International
JF - Habitat International
ER -