Present and Visible: Napier Settlement and its Stories
This new co-produced book seeks to render visible the often overlooked stories of people’s everyday lives in an informal settlement…
LAUNCH | New Masters programme
From siloed practitioner to urban integrator for sustainable African city futures – this new Masters programme, convened by the African…
New brief unpacks KTP lessons
If we acknowledge that urban theory thrives on practice and urban practice is blind without theory, then creating spaces where…
Complex Cities, Compelling Stories
A new Cityscapes Magazine podcast series featuring stories that explore the complexities of life and the impact of dynamic change in contemporary…
News
Remittance micro-worlds and migrant infrastructure: Circulations, disruptions, and the movement of money
Liza Rose Cirolia has co-authored a paper entitled Remittance micro-worlds and migrant infrastructure: Circulations, disruptions, and the movement of money,…
Inclusive Urban Development in the Global South
Inclusive Urban Development in the Global South: Intersectionality, Inequalities, and Community, edited by Andrea Rigon and Vanesa Castán Broto, emphasises…
Present and Visible: Napier Settlement and its Stories
This new co-produced book seeks to render visible the often overlooked stories of people’s everyday lives in an informal settlement…
Mainstreaming youth policy in Zimbabwe – what role for rural youth?
Youth exclusion in policy formulation and implementation, especially in rural areas, is worsening their socio-economic wellbeing. This article evaluates current…
The role of the informal economy in promoting urban sustainability: Evidence from a small Zimbabwean town.
This paper explores how the informal economy is enhancing urban sustainability in the context of global South urbanism. It uses…
Retrofitting, repurposing and re-placing: A multi-media exploration of occupation in Cape Town, South Africa
The vast majority of city planning literature on informal occupations has focused on how residents occupy vacant and peripheral land,…
Research
Remittance micro-worlds and migrant infrastructure: Circulations, disruptions, and the movement of money
Liza Rose Cirolia has co-authored a paper entitled Remittance micro-worlds and migrant infrastructure: Circulations, disruptions, and the movement of money,…
Inclusive Urban Development in the Global South
Inclusive Urban Development in the Global South: Intersectionality, Inequalities, and Community, edited by Andrea Rigon and Vanesa Castán Broto, emphasises…
Present and Visible: Napier Settlement and its Stories
This new co-produced book seeks to render visible the often overlooked stories of people’s everyday lives in an informal settlement…
Mainstreaming youth policy in Zimbabwe – what role for rural youth?
Youth exclusion in policy formulation and implementation, especially in rural areas, is worsening their socio-economic wellbeing. This article evaluates current…
The role of the informal economy in promoting urban sustainability: Evidence from a small Zimbabwean town.
This paper explores how the informal economy is enhancing urban sustainability in the context of global South urbanism. It uses…
Retrofitting, repurposing and re-placing: A multi-media exploration of occupation in Cape Town, South Africa
The vast majority of city planning literature on informal occupations has focused on how residents occupy vacant and peripheral land,…
Events
Unpacking co-production in second AURI workshop
The second workshop, co-hosted by African Urban Research Initiative (AURI) and Mistra Urban Futures programme, focused on knowledge co-production, and…
From lifestyle disease to food systems disease
Obesity among children in South Africa has increased from approximately 1 in 20 children in 2005, to 1 in 8 children in…
New report on cities’ central role in meeting the challenges of our time
There is a new bullishness to the global narrative around cities and climate change. Buoyed by the explicit recognition given…
ACC partners with RISE Africa to host new urban action festival
The RISE Africa platform, together with its partners, will host its first annual event that brings together Africa’s urban thinkers,…
IN THE PRESS: EU sets out its stall in Africa
DAKAR, Senegal — The European Union’s top brass headed to Africa Thursday, aiming to cast relations between the two continents…
ACC hosts cultural dialogue in Cape Town
It is increasingly being recognised that culture plays an important role in urban development. The well-being of cities relies on…
