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Edgar Pieterse November 23, 2013ACC’s MPhil in Urban Infrastructure: Design & Management
A central issue for both South Africa and the broader African continent is the delivery of urban services and infrastructure to rapidly growing urban populations, enabling the urban residents to live and work in sustainable and integrated environments. The Master of Philosophy in Urban Infrastructure: Design and Management programme, presented for mid and late career […]
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October 7, 2013Cities & Development
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August 20, 2013Cities & Development
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August 20, 2013Crisis States
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October 7, 2013Cities & Development
This lecture was delivered by Professor Manuel Castells during his visit to Cape Town in 2009.
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September 30, 2013Urbanisation and Development in Historical Perspective
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August 26, 2013Violence Prevention Through Urban Upgrading
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August 26, 2013Quick Guide 7 – Rental Housing
Millions of people in African cities are tenants.
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August 26, 2013Quick Guide 06 – Community Based Organizations
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August 30 - September 1Southern Africa City Studies Conference
Since 2009 the Southern Africa City Studies Conference (SACSC) series has provided an interdisciplinary forum for researchers examining urban issues in Southern Africa. We are pleased to announce that the fifth conference in this series will take place from 30 August to 1 September 2020 at the University of the Witwatersrand. Recent interest in comparative […]
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November 18 - November 20Association of African Planning Schools Conference 2020
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January 13, 2021 - January 17, 2021The coloniality of infrastructure: Eurafrican legacies
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August 28, 2019BLOG: Settling into ACC – MPhil Southern Urbanism
Housed at the most elevated part of the mountainous University of Cape Town upper campus, the African Centre for Cities (ACC) runs an exciting MPhil in Urban Studies programme to develop urban scholars that can take on the complex challenges of rapidly urbanising cities of the global south. From its vantage point, the ACC’s call […]
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August 12, 2019BLOG: Between Dreams and Living Life: What the Everyday unveils…
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August 1, 2019BLOG: Walking in the city – inquiries into the everyday
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Sophie Oldfield, Laura Nkula-Wenz January 7, 2019Urban Immersions
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Sophie Oldfield June 7, 2018City Research Studio, part 1, version 1.0: Out of the classroom; into the city
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Edgar Pieterse July 17, 2017ACC launches new Masters in Southern Urbanism
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Vanessa Watson November 26, 2013Who will plan Africa’s cities?
As planning educators seek to train students for employment within the existing system, the urban and rural planning curricula of many planning schools are as outdated as planning legislation. Some African countries have no planning school.The reform and revitalisation of planning education – and legislation – could contribute significantly to sustainable and more equitable urban […]