Crowdfunding and Sustainable Urban Development in Emerging Economies

Crowdfunding and Sustainable Urban Development in Emerging Economies

Umar G. Benna, Abubakar U. Benna
Indexed In: SCOPUS
Release Date: February, 2018|Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 343
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-3952-0
ISBN13: 9781522539520|ISBN10: 1522539522|EISBN13: 9781522539537
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Description:

Economic and societal systems continually evolve as the needs and demands of society change. With the development of new technologies, research, and discoveries, various opportunities emerge for venture development and developing economies.

Crowdfunding and Sustainable Urban Development in Emerging Economies provides innovative research on current issues in the rise of new platforms for digital activities, a collaborative economy, crowdsourcing, crowdfunding, and other activities that are shaping developing countries. Highlighting a range of pertinent topics, such as infrastructure finance, tertiary educational institutions, and urban sustainability, this book is an important resource for academicians, practitioners, researchers, and students.

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The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:

  • Crowdsourcing
  • Fundraising
  • Infrastructure Finance
  • Knowledge Networks
  • Open Dealing
  • Tertiary Educational Institutions
  • Urban Sustainability
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Umar G. Benna earned his MRP and Ph. D. from the University of North Carolina in 1975 and is the Distinguished Professor of the Nigerian Universities Commission and is a SPURS Fellow at MIT, USA. He has a multidisciplinary background in architecture and city and regional planning. He has integrated academic and research pursuits with intense professional and administrative experience locally and internationally. Dr. Benna has over 45 years of teaching experience in universities in Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Germany and USA. His research interests include urbanization issues in developing countries, urban activity systems, the role of large-scale projects on cities and regions, and the impact of new technologies on cities and regions. His professional activities – with Benna Associates – include architecture and urban design as well as the planning of new university campuses, master planning of many cities in Nigeria and Saudi Arabia. Urban administration experience came in the form of membership of the board of directors of the development authorities of Nigerian cities, Federal Housing Authority and similar agencies. Dr. Benna is principal partner in Benna Associates, Nigeria.
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