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Susan Parnell October 12, 2014Susan Parnell discusses ‘Africa’s Urban Revolution’
An interview with Susan Parnell, Executive Member of the African Centre for Cities and Co-Editor of ‘Africa’s Urban Revolution’, published by Zed Books. Sue discusses informal settlements, the effects of global environmental change & the true economic potential of Africa’s cities.
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Tau Tavengwa, Edgar Pieterse September 30, 2013Urbanisation and the Continent: The Big Picture
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Andrew Boraine, Edgar Pieterse, Tau Tavengwa September 30, 2013Why Is Change Elusive In Cape Town – Part 2
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Andrew Boraine, Edgar Pieterse, Tau Tavengwa September 30, 2013Why Is Change Elusive in Cape Town – Part 1
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August 21, 2013Living in the Endless City
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Edgar Pieterse, Tau Tavengwa, Sean O' Toole August 21, 2013All About Cityscapes
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Jane Battersby, Vanessa Watson November 1, 2018LAUNCH: Tomatoes & Taxi Ranks – Running our Cities to Fill the Food Gap
HOW DO THE CITIES WE LIVE IN SHAPE WHAT WE EAT? This question is central to a new book, Tomatoes & Taxi Ranks: Running our Cities to Fill the Food Gap, by Leonie Joubert with Jane Battersby and Vanessa Watson published by the African Centre for Cities. (more…)
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September 5, 2018Interpreting Kigali, Rwanda
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August 27, 2018Urban Food Systems Governance and Poverty in African Cities
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Susan Parnell, Edgar Pieterse August 14, 2018Democratising Local Government: The South African Experiment
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July 3, 2018The Routledge Companion to Planning in the Global South
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June 22, 2018Companion to Planning in the Global South
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August 2 @ 1:00 am - November 15 @ 4:30 pmUrban Humanities Seminar Series 2018
Academic Seminars (15:00 – 16:30) 7 August High Stakes, High Hopes: Creating Collaborative Urban Theory – Prof Sophie Oldfield 16 August Inclusive Cultural Governance: Integrating artistic and cultural practices into national urban frameworks – Avril Joffe with respondent Zayd Minty 30 August in search of thick mapping: listening to Cape Town’s cities – Dr Sabina Favaro 18 September Vital […]
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November 19 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pmPublic Finance – the Life Blood of our Cities?
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Jane Battersby, Vanessa Watson November 1, 2018
LAUNCH: Tomatoes & Taxi Ranks – Running our Cities to Fill the Food Gap
HOW DO THE CITIES WE LIVE IN SHAPE WHAT WE EAT? This question is central to a new book, Tomatoes & Taxi Ranks: Running our Cities to Fill the Food Gap, by Leonie Joubert with Jane Battersby and Vanessa Watson published by the African Centre for Cities. (more…)
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Rike Sitas, Shari Daya August 2, 2018Call for abstracts: Representing urban life in Africa and its diasporas
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June 29, 2018Ruo Emoh: Our Home; Our Story
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Susan Parnell, Ian Palmer June 18, 2018Review: Building a Capable State: Service Delivery in Post-Apartheid South Africa
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Caroline Skinner May 23, 2018The South African Informal Sector: Creating Jobs, Reducing Poverty
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Stephen Berrisford February 22, 2018International award for ground-breaking urban law reform guide
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Anton Cartwright, Edgar Pieterse, Ian Palmer, Anna Taylor, Susan Parnell October 23, 2018Working Paper: Developing Prosperous and Inclusive Cities in Africa – National Urban Policies to the Rescue?
This working paper was prepared by the African Centre for Cities. It was developed in partnership with the Coalition for Urban Transitions, which is a major global initiative to support national governments to accelerate economic development and tackle dangerous climate change by transforming towns and cities. (more…)
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Liza Cirolia, Stephen Berrisford, Ian Palmer September 11, 2018Land-based financing in sub-Saharan African cities
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Warren Smit September 5, 2018The challenges of transdisciplinary knowledge production: from unilocal to comparative research
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February 11, 2018Better Urban Growth in Tanzania: A Preliminary Exploration of the Opportunities and Challenges
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Jane Battersby November 8, 2017Food system transformation in the absence of food system planning: the case of supermarket and shopping mall retail expansion in Cape Town, South Africa
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Edgar Pieterse, Susan Parnell, Sylvia Croese May 15, 2017The 2030 Agenda: Sustainable urbanisation, research-policy interface and the G20