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MPhil in Southern Urbanism
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Bachelor of City Planning degree + Masters of City and Regional Planning degree (linked)
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PhD Seminar Series
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MPhil in Urban Infrastructure: Design and Management
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Executive Courses
Archived Projects
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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, 2013
Cities & Development
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August 20, 2013
Cities & Development
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August 20, 2013
Crisis States
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October 7, 2013
Cities & Development
This lecture was delivered by Professor Manuel Castells during his visit to Cape Town in 2009.
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September 30, 2013
Urbanisation and Development in Historical Perspective
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August 26, 2013
Violence Prevention Through Urban Upgrading
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August 26, 2013
Quick Guide 7 – Rental Housing
Millions of people in African cities are tenants.
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August 26, 2013
Quick Guide 06 – Community Based Organizations
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Edgar Pieterse, Rike Sitas, Mercy Brown-Luthango
December 9, 2020Online urban-development training by and for African professionals
African Centre for Cities is one of five knowledge institutions that will be collaborating to develop MOOCs for urban planners to meet the specific challenges of urbanisation on the continent. (more…)
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August 28, 2019
BLOG: Settling into ACC – MPhil Southern Urbanism
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August 12, 2019
BLOG: Between Dreams and Living Life: What the Everyday unveils…
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August 1, 2019
BLOG: 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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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 […]