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Africa's population is growing at a faster rate than other continents when they were at a similar level of development. The period ranging from the late 1970s to date marks the adoption of anti-natalist population policies to manage and plan for population growth. The argument for the change of policies was that increase in population will in the long run outstrip production thus leading to falling standards of living. The realisation is a result of population challenges associated with urbanisation concentrated only in major cities. It is noteworthy that urbanisation in Africa is not like urbanisation in other continents where it was accompanied by economic development. Instead, in Africa, the process triggered housing shortages, traffic congestion, unemployment, waste generation among others. Therefore, the current population policies in Africa cities are geared towards population management to control fertility and rural–urban migration.
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Gondo, R. (2022). Population Planning and Management. In: Khayesi, M., Wegulo, F.N. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Urban Development Planning in Africa. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-06089-2_6
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