African Cities
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Decentralization would boost development, leaders told in Addis
With the MDGs soon to be replaced by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), advocates at a major U. N. summit are warning that only empowered local governments will be able to meet the world’s far-reaching new development priorities.
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Informality as an urban challenge
In this video Gustave Massiah, an Urban Specialist with the United Cities and Local Governments of Africa, discusses the key challenges facing African urbanisation in a post-industrial period.
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South Africa’s low-cost housing: constraints and opportunities
Highlighting the opportunities and constraints for better low cost housing in South Africa.
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The Cities Alliance Africa Think Tank: Clare Short on investing in Africa’s future
In this video Clare Short, Chair of the Cities Alliance Policy Advisory Board, talks about how a mobilised population could result in leaps in development across Africa.
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Cities Alliance think tank: Jean-Pierre Elong Mbassi on the role of urbanisation in Africa
In this video Jean-Pierre Elong Mbassi, Secretary-General of the United Cities and Local Governments of Africa (UCLG), talks about the challenges African countries face as they rapidly urbanise.
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Snapshots of rapid urbanisation across Africa
With rapid urbanisation taking place across the continent, what urban forms are we seeing in the fastest growing cities, and what will they look like by 2050?
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Cities Alliance think tank: Serge Allou talks urbanisation in Africa
In this video interview, Serge Allou, lead urban specialist with Cities Alliance, discusses future urban growth in Africa and some of the challenges associated with urbanisation.
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Green infrastructure: a way to support development in Africa
Green Infrastructure presents an opportunity to rethink the way infrastructure provision and development are envisaged in African cities.
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Cities Alliance think tank looks at African urban questions
The first in a six-part series of video interviews with African city specialists who form part of the Cities Alliance Africa Think Tank featuring professor Alcinda Honwana.
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What might slum dwellers want from the SDGs?
This post is drawn from an interview by IIED’s David Satterthwaite ahead of World Habitat Day about what the Sustainable Development Goals could mean for slum dwellers.
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Positive open data approaches: models for reciprocity
With cities around the world developing open data portals there is a growing need for models that make sure this information is not exploited for profit.
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Call for papers: Urban energy in the Global South
Call for papers for RGS-IBG Annual International Conference, London, 29 August – 1 September 2017.
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Call for Applications: MSc in Integrated Urbanism and Sustainable Design (IUSD)
Applications open for the Integrated Urbanism and Sustainable Design Master’s program
hosted by Ain Shams University in Egypt and University of Stuttgart in
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French Embassy Scholarship Programme
The Embassy of France in South Africa offers scholarships for students who wish to do a Master’s degree or a PhD in France.
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Call for papers: 2nd International Conference on African Urban Planning
The 2nd International Conference on African Urban Planning, organized by the Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning (University of Lisbon) in collaboration with the International Planning History Society (IPHS), will be held in Lisbon from 7 to 8 September 2017.
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Atlantic fellowships in economic and social equity at the International Inequalities Institute
Fellowships in Economic and Social Equity at the International Inequalities Institute administered by Atlantic Philanthropies and the London School of Economics.
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(Call for papers) Interrogating land value capture in the African peri-urban interface: Towards a new political economy?
Panel seeks to shed light on the socio-economic underpinnings of the making of the African ‘urban’. It welcomes papers that adopt a comparative or single case-study research approach.
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Call For Proposals: Host an Urban Thinkers Campus (UTC) in 2017
Calls for proposals to host an Urban Thinkers Campus – Phase two. Towards the Implementation of the New Urban Agenda
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PhD positions (South Africa): resilience and spatial justice in the built environment
Bursaries available for students at Wits University, University of Venda, Durban University of Technology, South Africa.
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Call for papers: Urban Africa (7th European Conference on African Studies)
Call for Papers for the 7th European Conference on Africa Studies, Urban Africa – Urban Africans: New encounters of the rural and the urban
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Call for papers: Consumption and Identity in African Cities
One-day symposium focuses on geographies of consumption in African cities.
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Public participation and satisfaction in urban regeneration projects in Tanzania: The case of Kariakoo, Dar es Salaam
Paper explores the relationship between community participation and community satisfaction in urban regeneration projects.
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Feeding hungry cities
African Food Security Urban Network (AFSUN) radio series explores experiences of urban food insecurity in Southern African cities.
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Responding to Informality in Urban Africa: Street Trading in Harare, Zimbabwe
Using the example of street trading, this paper analyses planning and policy issues around the state and the informal economy in Harare, Zimbabwe.
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Green Economy: a strategy to alleviate urban poverty and safeguard the environment?
Paper addresses if and how green economy can be used to alleviate poverty and protect the environment at a grassroots level.
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World Bank and the building of local institutionality in Senegal
This paper examines the impacts of municipal adjustment strategies on territorial governance in Africa, with specific reference to Senegal.
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Land governance and decentralised physical planning in mid-sized cities in Ghana
Paper examines the extent to which the decentralized planning system of Ghana is capable of addressing the challenges facing mid-sized cities.
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AURI brief: investing in Africa’s youth. A 21st century opportunity
Nearly one in three people in sub-Saharan Africa is between the ages of 10 and 24, presenting an unprecedented opportunity for the continent’s development. AURI policy brief.
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AURI brief: enabling sustainable livelihoods in cities
City governments need to take an active role in supporting transitions from school to work, while incentivising businesses to share expertise with young entrepreneurs. AURI policy brief.
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AURI brief: building equality, building resilience
Africa’s cities are facing increasingly frequent shocks connected to climate change, economic instability, public health catastrophes and global conflicts. AURI policy brief.
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AURI policy brief: freedom to move – transportation in African cities
To improve urban mobility, and make cities more productive and inclusive, local authorities should be involved in land use and city planning as well as development incentives. AURI policy brief.