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City Growth: Issues and Challenges of Urban Sustainability in Republic of Benin

Aboubakari Moussa1
  • 1 Marmara University, Turkey

Abstract

The reason behind the sustainable urban development in many developing countries, including Benin are diverse such as socio-economic, environment and cultural challenge. The aim of this paper therefore is to examine the growth of cities in Benin, issues and challenges of urbanization in order to have a sustainable urban development. The mains area addressed in the paper are: issues related to local institutions and local governance, the challenge of urban growth sustainability in Benin and then the need to reinvent a new model of governance for a sustainable urbanization and for the financial sufficient of municipalities in Benin. Further, to reach my goal I will answer to the following questions: which policies for the effective and sustainable urban development? How cities/municipalities can accumulate wealth from local resources in order to be more or less dependent from the central state or others external source rather than their own?

Journal of Social Sciences
Volume 13 No. 4, 2017, 208-215

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3844/jssp.2017.208.215

Submitted On: 6 June 2017 Published On: 30 October 2017

How to Cite: Moussa, A. (2017). City Growth: Issues and Challenges of Urban Sustainability in Republic of Benin. Journal of Social Sciences, 13(4), 208-215. https://doi.org/10.3844/jssp.2017.208.215

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Keywords

  • Cities Growth
  • Sustainable Development
  • Local Government
  • Decentralization
  • Republic of Benin