Planning Perspectives - An International Journal of History, Planning and the Environment 

Special Issue on African Urban Planning Histories

Table of Contents

Editorial – African Urban Planning Histories

Carlos Nunes Silva

Harrison, P., & Todes, A. (2025). Planning’s promises: reflections on South African experiences in the African context. Planning Perspectives, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/02665433.2025.2565375

Du Plessis, D. J. (2026). Spatial plan quality trends in post-apartheid South African municipalities. Planning Perspectives, 1–25. https://doi.org/10.1080/02665433.2026.2636017

Smode Cvitanović, M., & Čavlović, M. (2026). A tacit feedback – reflections of work in Africa on the architectural and planning practices of socialist Croatia. Planning Perspectives, 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1080/02665433.2026.2630401

Matamanda, A. R., Matooane, L. S., Bhanye, J. I., Mocwagae, K., & Marais, L. (2026). Spatial planning legacies and unauthorized land occupations in South Africa’s urban peripheries. Planning Perspectives, 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1080/02665433.2026.2615139

Mazhar, N. (2026). Planning after the fact. Planning Perspectives, 1–26. https://doi.org/10.1080/02665433.2026.2652449

Abdelmalek, H. (2025). Between codification and custom: law 08/15, informality, and Islamic urban ethics in postcolonial Béchar. Planning Perspectives, 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1080/02665433.2025.2591066

Carabelli, R. (2026). Becoming dissonance: the path of recent urban heritage in Casablanca (Morocco). Planning Perspectives, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/02665433.2025.2606735

Troux, M., & Philifert, P. (2026). The renewal of historic urban areas in Morocco: challenges and limits on the new ‘housing at risk of collapse’ policy. Planning Perspectives, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/02665433.2026.2629291

Williams, S., & Carolini, G. Y. (2026). Grounding infrastructure: community ownership of an international cooperation project in Kibera, Nairobi. Planning Perspectives, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1080/02665433.2026.2613119

Studer, H. (2026). Water practices: communal water rights in Moroccan river oases in times of climate change. Planning Perspectives, 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1080/02665433.2026.2614301

Bishi, H. (2026). ‘Crony planning’: limits to the public-private partnership model in urban marketplace modernization in Lagos, Nigeria. Planning Perspectives, 1–30. https://doi.org/10.1080/02665433.2025.2591072

Hugo, M., Nel, V., & Bhanye, J. (2026). The quest for inclusive transit-oriented development in Mangaung, South Africa. Planning Perspectives, 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1080/02665433.2026.2631684