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  • The challenges of land and inclusion for the New Urban Agenda

    By Citiscope, Juan Pablo Duhalde on 30 March 2016 Land, Sustainability | World Cities Feature

    For the critical issues of urban planning, land markets and public space, the Habitat III process must recognize the importance of participation by all.

  • Land in Accra: a clash between tradition and the modern city

    By Jane Lumumba on 23 November 2015 Housing, Land | Accra Feature, Story

    Jane Lumumba explores how Ghana’s customary land tenure system negatively impacts urban development.

  • Weekly news roundup: February 6, 2015

    By Grace Ecklu on 6 February 2015 Land, Rights to the city, Transport /Roads/ Rail | African Cities News, Story

    Lagos evacuates 260 beggars in 100 days In spite of Lagos state Government’s effort to end street begging, more beggars still troop into the state daily. This compelled the government to intensify its raid, leading to the evacuation of 260 beggars from the streets in the last 100 days. – Vanguard In Johannesburg, a new bridge … Continued

  • Weekly news roundup: November 14, 2014

    By Christy Zinn on 14 November 2014 Employment, Health, Housing, Land, Roads, Violence/ Crime | African Cities Story

    The week’s headlines from across the continent.

  • Weekly urban news roundup: February 21, 2014

    By Christy Zinn on 21 February 2014 Land | Algiers, Cairo, Cape Town, Casablanca, Dakar, Gabarone, Johannesburg News

    The week’s headlines

  • New African urbanisms: a view from Luanda

    By Sylvia Croese on 11 June 2013 Housing, Land, Planning, Urban design, Urban Development | Angola, Luanda Feature

    Twenty years ago, Western scholars declared African cities to be in crisis. [1] Years of rapid unplanned urban growth under conditions of economic crisis had taken their toll and observers warned that without ‘good governance’ these cities would be lost beyond repair. Post-war urban development in Luanda as described by the South African anthropologist Claudia … Continued

  • Zango: plans unravel

    By Claudia Gastrow on 11 January 2013 Built Environment, Housing, Land | Angola, Luanda Feature

    Since 2001, Angola has engaged in large-scale rehousing efforts across Luanda. As the redevelopment of the capital proceeds, more and more residents who have built in “high-risk” areas – alongside roads that need to be widened or on areas demarcated for new projects ­– have been moved to various “social housing” areas: Panguila, Sapú, Projecto … Continued

  • Concrete politics

    By Claudia Gastrow on 2 January 2013 Built Environment, Governance, Housing, Land, Policy, Rights to the city | Angola, Luanda Feature

    Luanda, Angola’s capital, could easily be mistaken for an enormous construction site. Since the end of the civil war (1975 to 2002), the city’s oil-fuelled building boom has attracted investors from all parts of the world. As an everyday experience the result is dust, traffic, and uncertainty. Many reports marvel at the high-rises and mass … Continued

  • Cape Town eco-estates protect rich from reality of townships

    By Bruce Baigrie, Henrik Ernstson on 24 January 2017 Land, Sustainability, Urban Development | Cape Town Built Environment

    A stone’s throw from the working-class township of Masiphumelele, the Noordhoek mountains are being transformed into exclusive “eco-estates” which preserve apartheid geography just as the Group Areas Act did, write Bruce Baigrie and Henrik Ernstson.

  • Affordable housing and the case for publicly-driven housing in African cities

    By Hugo Halimi on 12 December 2016 Housing, Land, Urban Development | African Cities Built Environment

    Public sector provision of housing will not meet affordable housing needs by itself. But neglecting it in favour of solely an enabling approach is also a mistake, writes Hugo Halimi.

  • African Cities Reader 3: Land, Property & Value

    By Admin on 8 May 2015 Heritage, Land | African Cities Built Environment, Culture, Governance

    The third installment of the African Cities Reader explores the unholy trinity of land, property and value – the life force of cities everywhere.

  • Grootboom Dialogues put focus on urban land justice

    By Christy Zinn on 25 November 2014 Land, Planning | Cape Town Built Environment

    The 7th Annual Irene Grootboom Memorial Dialogues were held last week. Organised by the Social Justice Coalition (SJC) and the African Centre for Cities (ACC), the four public lectures brought community leaders, civil society and academics in conversation around the issue of urban land justice.

  • The urban land question: Cape Town’s stalemate

    By Christy Zinn on 11 November 2014 Housing, Land, Urban design | Cape Town Built Environment, Governance, Human Rights

    A reflection on ‘The Urban Land Question,’ published in The People’s Law Journal, Issue 2 – a call for radical policy and action towards enabling equitable spatial integration?

  • Cities in perspective – the Global Urban Lectures series

    By Gemma Solés on 17 June 2014 Housing, Land, Slums | African Cities Built Environment

    As urbanafrica announced recently UN-Habitat’s Global Urban Lectures series is available online. Here’s a list of some of the best talks. 1. In Making Room for a Planet of Cities professor Shlomo (Solly) Angel, based at NYU, introduces a new paradigm for ‘making room.’ He highlights the need to plan the growth of urban territories … Continued

  • Africa’s great urban migration

    By Yusuf Omar on 21 May 2014 Built Environment, Land, Planning, Urban design | African Cities Built Environment, Governance

    (Republished from UCT’s Monday Monthly). Africa is urbanising rapidly. The ongoing human migration – of people pulling up roots in rural areas and resettling in cities – that happened in the Global North over a period of 200 years, is happening in the Global South (including Africa) in less than half the time. This rapid … Continued

  • Mombasa – a city under the sea?

    By Gemma Solés on 19 May 2014 Climate change, Environmental management, Land, Urban design | Mombasa Sustainability

    Mombasa is known as a city of sun-kissed beaches, luxurious hotels packed with tourists and crazy New Year’s Eve parties. Recent terrorist threats have begun to change this idyllic picture. Last weekend some tour operators had to evacuate hundreds of tourists and cancel flights to Mombasa. But the government has other things to worry about. … Continued

  • Call for abstracts: International Conference on Canadian, Chinese and African Sustainable Urbanization

    By on 24 July 2017 Housing, Infrastructure, Land, Sustainability, Urban design | African Cities, Canada

    Under the high patronage of the Government of The Republic Cameroon, and in collaboration with the UN-Habitat and the University of Ottawa, the second International Conference on Canadian, Chinese and African Sustainable Urbanization (ICCCASU II – Yaoundé 2017): “Smart Urban Development: Local to Global Actions”, will be held in Yaoundé, Cameroon, from 12 to 14 … Continued

  • (Call for papers) Interrogating land value capture in the African peri-urban interface: Towards a new political economy?

    By Admin on 12 December 2016 Land | African Cities Call for papers

    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.

  • Advanced training in land management

    By Admin on 5 December 2016 Land | Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia Call for participation

    SIDA invites applications for the Advanced International Training Programme (ITP) on Applied Land Governance.

  • Two land-related positions at GLTN: programme management officers

    By Admin on 6 September 2016 Built Environment, Land | African Cities Jobs

    The Global Land Tool Network (GLTN), based at UN-Habitat, has two positions open linked to its work on securing land and natural resources tenure.

  • Jobs: Namibia University of Science and Technology

    By Admin on 17 August 2016 Architecture, Land, Urban Development | Windhoek Jobs

    Academic posts available at Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST) in the Faculty of National Resources and Spatial Sciences.

  • Scholarships: Namibia University of Science & Technology

    By Admin on 20 July 2016 Land, Urban Development | Namibia Funding, Scholarships

    Study at Namibia University of Science & Technology’s Department of Land and Property Science with graduate level scholarships available from DAAD.

  • Consultancy Opportunity: Piloting Capacity Assessment Tool in Uganda

    By Admin on 11 September 2015 Land, Policy | Kampala

    Consultancy position available with the Global Land Tool Network (GLTN) Unit through UN-Habitat.

  • Consultancy: Land Expert for UN-Habitat’s GLTN Mid-Term Review

    By Admin on 28 August 2015 Land, Policy | Nairobi Jobs

    UN-Habitat’s Global Land Tool Network is recruiting a review team composed of a lead evaluation consultant and a land expert. Deadline is August 31.

  • Call for Papers: Geography Student Conference 2015

    By Admin on 9 July 2015 Built Environment, Land | Johannesburg, South Africa Call for abstracts, Call for papers

    This year’s Annual Geography Student Conference with the theme of “Geography in a Changing World” is being hosted by the University of South Africa.

  • Conference: Celebrating a Century of Geography in South Africa

    By Admin on 2 July 2015 Built Environment, Land | South Africa Call for papers

    The Society of South African Geographers conference will celebrate a century of geography in South Africa.

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  • Urbanisation in Ghana: Residential land use under siege in Kumasi central

    By Admin on 27 February 2017 Land | Kumasi Journal Articles

    Paper provides analysis of urbanisation in the Ghanaian city of Kumasi in relation to its impacts on commercialization of residential land.

  • How important is green infrastructure in small and medium-sized towns? Lessons from South Africa

    By Admin on 30 January 2017 Land | South Africa green infrastructure, green spaces

    Paper examines the location of green infrastructure across nine towns, showing that it is unequal between suburbs and that the bulk is located under private tenure (74%) rather than in public spaces. The results show significant use of green infrastructure for a range of provisioning and cultural services as well as its contribution to spiritual and mental well-being.

  • Land governance and decentralised physical planning in mid-sized cities in Ghana

    By Admin on 14 June 2016 Land, Policy, Urban Development | African Cities, Ghana Journal Articles

    Paper examines the extent to which the decentralized planning system of Ghana is capable of addressing the challenges facing mid-sized cities.

  • AURI policy brief: accessing land, accessing a future

    By AURI, Lee Middleton on 1 June 2016 AURI, Land | African Cities Policy brief

    With land increasingly viewed as a commodity rather than a public good, a shift in thinking is needed to ensure that land is treated as a human right. AURI policy brief.

  • A better zoning system for South Africa?

    By Admin on 6 May 2016 Land, Planning, Policy | South Africa Journal, Journal Articles, legislation, Policy, Research, spluma

    This paper considers the role of land use management within SPLUMA and the criteria for an appropriate system in circumstances of weak municipal government capacity.

  • Houston, city edge

    Governing beyond cities: the urban-rural interface

    By Amin on 23 November 2015 Land, Urban Development, Urban politics | African Cities, World Cities Book chapter

    Chapter extract from the Geographies of Urban Governance which reviews the literature on urban-rural interfaces and linkages and discusses suggestions for dealing with them.

  • Urbanisation and Urban Expansion in Nigeria

    By Admin on 30 October 2015 Built Environment, Land, Planning, Urban Development | Nigeria Research Report

    Report analyses urbanisation and urban expansion in Nigeria, portraying the dynamics and drivers of urban population growth and the spatial expansion process.

  • Mathare North in Nairobi Kenya

    Collective or individual titles? Conflict over tenure regularisation in a Kenyan informal settlement

    By Admin on 23 September 2015 Land, Planning, Rights to the city | African Cities, Kenya Journal Articles

    Providing formal titles to residents in densely populated informal settlements without fueling conflict or encouraging gentrification presents several challenges.

  • Laundry in Kumasi

    Perceptions of urban land use and degradation of water bodies in Kumasi, Ghana

    By Admin on 15 September 2015 Land, Water, Water and sanitation | African Cities, Kumasi Journal Articles

    This paper looks at the perception and knowledge of urban communities around the degradation of water quality tied to informal land use.

  • Cairo by night

    Urban Infrastructure in Sub-Saharan African Cities

    By Admin on 10 September 2015 Housing, Infrastructure, Land | African Cities, Harare, Nairobi Reports, Research

    A new report from the ACC explores the extent to which cities in Sub-Saharan Africa are harnessing urban land values to finance city infrastructure.

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