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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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June 6, 2018Urban Planning in the Global South
Palgrave Macmillan have recently published a new title by Richard de Satgé and ACC’s Vanessa Watson Urban Planning in the Global South – Conflicting rationalities in contested urban space. (more…)
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Caroline Skinner May 23, 2018The South African Informal Sector: Creating Jobs, Reducing Poverty
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Susan Parnell May 2, 2018New book: Urban Planet
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Susan Parnell, Ian Palmer January 18, 2018Building a Capable State: Service Delivery in Post‑Apartheid South Africa
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Kim Gurney August 15, 2017August House is Dead, Long Live August House!
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Kim Gurney June 3, 2016Book Review: The Art of Public Space
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Susan Parnell, Ian Palmer June 18, 2018Review: Building a Capable State: Service Delivery in Post-Apartheid South Africa
During apartheid, South Africa built local administrations that delivered social services at First World levels to the small white minority, even as they ignored the large black majority. The challenge after apartheid ended, in 1994, was to extend the same quality and quantity of services to the entire population. This lucid and detailed review of […]
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Caroline Skinner May 23, 2018
The 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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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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February 11, 2018Better Urban Growth in Tanzania: A Preliminary Exploration of the Opportunities and Challenges
Tanzania’s urban population is projected to grow from less than 15 million people in 2012 to more than 60 million people by mid-century. This rapid urban population growth offers the potential for structural transformation, as well as scale and agglomeration economies that can accelerate human and economic development. Planning and investment decisions made today will […]
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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
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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