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…
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Culture, Sustainability and Urban Innovation
Without culture, cities as vibrant life-spaces do not exist; they are merely concrete and steel constructions, prone to social degradation…
Heritage, sustainability, and urban development
Placemaking is a multi-faceted approach to the planning, design and management of public spaces. Placemaking capitalizes on a local community’s…
Forging theory with bite: A reflection on Vanessa Watson’s contribution to the African Centre for Cities
African Centre for Cities (ACC) Director Edgar Pieterse, reflects on Vanessa Watson’s contribution to ACC, planning and urban studies at…
Infrastructure financing in Africa: Overview, research gaps and research agenda
Executive SummaryAfrica’s development requires substantial investment in infrastructure systems, such as water, energy, and tele-communications. These systems are essential to…
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…
Research
Culture, Sustainability and Urban Innovation
Without culture, cities as vibrant life-spaces do not exist; they are merely concrete and steel constructions, prone to social degradation…
Heritage, sustainability, and urban development
Placemaking is a multi-faceted approach to the planning, design and management of public spaces. Placemaking capitalizes on a local community’s…
Infrastructure financing in Africa: Overview, research gaps and research agenda
Executive SummaryAfrica’s development requires substantial investment in infrastructure systems, such as water, energy, and tele-communications. These systems are essential to…
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…
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…
Planning for Food Secure African Cities Podcast
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UCT SDG Summit | Circular Economy Pre-Summit Workshops
UCT SDG Summit | Circular Economy Pre-Summit Workshops
The Vice Chancellor of the University of Cape Town is convening an international summit on how the SDGs can best be realised in the African context with an eye on...
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UCT SDG Summit | An Urban Lens on the Achievement of the SDGs
UCT SDG Summit | An Urban Lens on the Achievement of the SDGs
A Masterclass alongside the UCT SDG Africa Summit 2021The ACC Masterclass will be structured in three parts, comprised of 75min each. The first session will unpack the political and institutional...