The Beeker Method: Planning and Working on the Redevelopment of the African City [Occasional publication, 27]

edited by Antoni Folkers and Iga Perzyna

ISBN 10: 9054481609 / ISBN 13: 9789054481607

Published by Leiden : African Studies Centre Leiden, 2017

About this Item

172 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps (some colour), plans (some colour). Coen Beeker is a Dutch urban planner with half a century of experience in urban planning on the African continent. His projects have taken him to Tunisia, Sudan, Ethiopia and Burkina Faso, where he introduced his innovative approach to urban redevelopment -the Beeker Method - in an era that was dominated by top-down interventions. This volume of brief articles by Beeker's former co-workers and contributions from contemporary practitioners and scholars, provides a lens through which to view Beeker's work and its historical and contemporary context and relevance.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Beeker Method: Planning and Working on the Redevelopment of the African City [Occasional publication, 27]
• Publisher: Leiden : African Studies Centre Leiden
• Publication Date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 9054481609
• ISBN 13: 9789054481607
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Architecture
  • Africa
  • Anthropology

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172 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps (some colour), plans (some colour). Coen Beeker is a Dutch urban planner with half a century of experience in urban planning on the African continent. His projects have taken him to Tunisia, Sudan, Ethiopia and Burkina Faso, where he introduced his innovative approach to urban redevelopment -the Beeker Method - in an era that was dominated by top-down interventions. This volume of brief articles by Beeker's former co-workers and contributions from contemporary practitioners and scholars, provides a lens through which to view Beeker's work and its historical and contemporary context and relevance