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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, Gita Goven September 30, 2013Why Is Change Elusive In Cape Town – Part 2
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Andrew Boraine, Mokena Makeka, Edgar Pieterse, Tau Tavengwa, Gita Goven September 30, 2013Why Is Change Elusive in Cape Town – Part 1
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Ricky Burdett 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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Kim Gurney August 15, 2017August House is Dead, Long Live August House!
Writer, artist and research associate at the University of Cape Town’s African Centre for Cities (ACC), Kim Gurney pens a new book on the evolving art space August House in Johannesburg. (more…)
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Kim Gurney June 3, 2016Book Review: The Art of Public Space
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Kim Gurney May 21, 2015The Art of Public Space: Curating and Re-imagining the Ephemeral City
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Tau Tavengwa March 20, 2015Cityscapes #6: Cape Town: A City Desired
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Tau Tavengwa March 20, 2015Cityscapes #5: Design will not save the city
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Anna Taylor, Anton Cartwright June 22, 2014A Comparison of Three SA Municipalities
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Stephen Berrisford February 22, 2018International award for ground-breaking urban law reform guide
African Centre for Cities is pleased to announce that Adjunct Professor Stephen Berrisford was awarded the Dubai International Award for Best Practices (DIABP) in the category University Research Award on Legislation, Rules, Regulations & Governance Systems for Reforming Urban Laws in Africa: a practical guide which he wrote along with the late Patrick McAuslan. Jointly awarded […]
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Caroline Skinner December 1, 2016Environment and Urbanization Special Issue on Urban Livelihoods
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Kim Gurney June 3, 2016
Book Review: The Art of Public Space
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November 12, 2015Chronicling the history of a forgotten struggle
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May 8, 2015The Unionist
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Edgar Pieterse, Aromar Revi November 5, 2014Teaching For Tomorrow
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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
The South African, and wider African, food system is undergoing a rapid transformation, with an associated transformation in nutrition. (more…)
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Edgar Pieterse, Susan Parnell, Sylvia Croese May 15, 2017The 2030 Agenda: Sustainable urbanisation, research-policy interface and the G20
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Caroline Skinner December 1, 2016
Environment and Urbanization Special Issue on Urban Livelihoods
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Susan Parnell October 12, 2016Scientists must have a say in the future of cities
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Mercy Brown-Luthango September 14, 2016Collective (in) efficacy, substance abuse and violence in ‘‘Freedom Park,’’ Cape Town
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Mercy Brown-Luthango September 14, 2016Informal settlement upgrading and safety: experiences from Cape Town, South Africa