Part 1: Sustainable territorial development of the Maputo Province Debates, research, and innovative perspectives.
Chapter 1 - A Capital in History: widening the temporal and physical context of Maputo (Paul Jenkins).
Chapter 2- The demography of the Maputo Province (Inês Macamo Raimundo).
Chapter 3 - The demography of the Maputo Province (Integrated Multisectoral Research Programme (PIMI).Origins, Trajectories and Horizons) (Carlos T. G. Trindade, Domingos A. Macucule, João T. Tique).
Part 2: Boa_Ma_Nhã, Maputo!: a "research by design" project WEF-sensitive territorial assessment and strategic guidelines for the Namaacha, Boane and Moamba region.
Chapter 4 - Introducing the Maputo Province A tentative assemblage of planning tools and visions (Alessandro Frigerio, Alice Buoli).
Chapter 5 - Unpacking Territorial Development in the Namaacha, Boane, and Moamba Region A Cartographic Narrative (Alice Buoli).
Chapter 6 - Energy-food challenges and future trends in Mozambique and in the Maputo Province (Davide Danilo Chiarelli, Lorenzo Rinaldi).
Chapter 7 - Trans-scalar and WEF-sensitive strategic scenarios for an integrated territorial development A proposal for the Maputo-Boane-Namaacha Transect as a green-blue metropolitan armature (Alessandro Frigerio).
Part 3: A transdisciplinary lexicon of sustainable planning in sub-Saharan Africa.
Chapter 8 - Agriculture and Food security Implications on sustainable development and the WEF Nexus (Maria Cristina Rulli, Davide Danilo Chiarelli, Nikolas Galli, Camilla Govoni).
Chapter 9 - Water and Climate Change Water management in transboundary river basins under climate change (Andrea Castelletti, Elena Matta).
Chapter 10 - Energy An essential asset for the development of African continent (Matteo Rocco, Lorenzo Rinaldi).
Chapter 11 - Environment A bioclimatic approach to urban and architectural design in sub-Saharan African cities (Valentina Dessì).
Chapter 12 - Urban Forestry Perspectives from Sub Saharan Africa between planning and global challenges (Maria Chiara Pastore).
Chapter 13 - Governance Rethinking paradigms and urban research approach for Sub-Saharan African urbanism (Paola Bellaviti).
Chapter 14 - Mobility Developing countries through the lens of megaprojects, equity, sustainability, and development (Paolo Beria).
Chapter 15 - Society Maputo: a case of social Non-Simultaneity? A city repertoire of issues (Agostino Petrillo).
Chapter 16 - Rural / Urban / Metropolitan Trying to reduce inequalities through planning (Laura Montedoro).