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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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September 10 @ 8:00 am - September 13 @ 5:00 pmInternational Transdisciplinarity Conference 2019
The International Transdisciplinary Conference 2019, co-organised by the University of Gothenburg and Mistra Urban Futures, takes place 10 to 13 September 2019 in Gothenburg, Sweden. Our societies are facing critical points in their development, where large challenges are becoming increasingly difficult to handle. Numerous conflicts and complexities are surfacing – to which we can see […]
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July 19, 2019New ACC paper argues for strengthening integrity within the planning profession to combat corruption in urban development
by Christian Alexander The scourge of corruption in urban development has corrosive and far-reaching effects that can hardwire injustice into the fabric of cities and undermine social cohesion and trust within communities. Staggering figures reflecting the prevalence and impact of corruption in urban development demonstrate that tackling this issue is a key policy challenge of […]
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Gina Ziervogel March 20, 2019IN THE PRESS: Cape Town drought a lesson for SA
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Gina Ziervogel March 14, 2019Cape Town drought delivers powerful lessons to cities on climate adaptation
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January 17, 2019REVIEW: Building a Capable State
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Jane Battersby, Vanessa Watson November 1, 2018
LAUNCH: Tomatoes & Taxi Ranks – Running our Cities to Fill the Food Gap
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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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July 19, 2019
New ACC paper argues for strengthening integrity within the planning profession to combat corruption in urban development
by Christian Alexander The scourge of corruption in urban development has corrosive and far-reaching effects that can hardwire injustice into the fabric of cities and undermine social cohesion and trust within communities. Staggering figures reflecting the prevalence and impact of corruption in urban development demonstrate that tackling this issue is a key policy challenge of […]
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Sylvia Croese May 29, 2019NEW PAPER: Adapting the Sustainable Development Goals and the New Urban Agenda to the city level: Initial reflections from a comparative research project
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Edgar Pieterse April 2, 2019NEW PAPER: The Potential for Sustainable Urbanisation in Africa
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Gina Ziervogel March 20, 2019
IN THE PRESS: Cape Town drought a lesson for SA
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Gina Ziervogel February 20, 2019Unpacking the Cape Town drought: Lessons learned
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Rike Sitas February 13, 2019Cultural heritage entanglements: festivals as integrative sites for sustainable urban development