Africa
Active Projects
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African Centre for Cities International Urban Conference
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HICCUP: Heterogenous Infrastructure of Cities of Uganda Project: Thinking With the South
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Africa Peer Learning, Knowledge and Dissemination Programme
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Urban Africa Risk Knowledge (Urban Ark)
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Governance dynamics of “turn-around” cities (Lagos, Luanda & Johannesburg)
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UrbanAfrica.net
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African Cities Reader
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Cities Alliance Think Tank on Urbanisation in Africa
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Urban Infrastructure: Land Values, Housing & Transport
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African Urban Research Initiative (AURI)
Archived Projects
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Tau Tavengwa, Edgar Pieterse October 12, 2016In Context
Africa is not a country!!! This 10 minute remix film acts as a teaser of some concepts and ideas for an upcoming film and exhibition project ACC/Cityscapes will undertake between 2017-19. In Context will explore the true nature and complexity of life in cities across the continent of Africa.
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Anton Cartwright January 22, 2016What is a smart African city like?
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Susan Parnell October 12, 2014Susan Parnell discusses ‘Africa’s Urban Revolution’
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Edgar Pieterse August 15, 2014How can we transcend slum urbanism in Africa?
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April 11, 2014On Southern African Climate Adaptation
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Vanessa Watson February 12, 2014Who will plan Africa’s cities?
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Prof. Jo Beall October 7, 2013Conflict and State Fragility
Cities have long been connected with processes of bureaucratisation and state-building, as indeed they have long been linked to conflict and war. In bringing these two associations together we engaged with the historical sociology of Charles Tilly and research in the CAFS programme confirmed that the intersection of cities, states and violent conflict remains significant, […]
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Tau Tavengwa, Edgar Pieterse September 30, 2013Urbanisation and the Continent: The Big Picture
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Christine Hentschel September 30, 2013Space, Affect, Security: Reflections on ‘Outcharming’ Crime in the City
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Patti Anahory September 30, 2013Entering the City
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Kelly Gillespie September 30, 2013On the Geography and Architecture of Prisons and the South African Condition
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AbdouMaliq Simone September 30, 2013On the Complexity of Life in the African City
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Caroline Skinner, Gareth Haysom October 14, 2016Informal Food Retailers – Undervalued, Ignored and Abused?
A presentation by Gareth Haysom and Caroline Skinner. given at the Society of South African Geographers Conference in Stellenbosch, 27 September 2016. The presentation is entitled Informal Food Retailers – Undervalued, Ignored and Abused?
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Anton Cartwright November 13, 2015What does a ‘smart’ African city look like?
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Ian Palmer, Stephen Berrisford August 7, 2015African Urban Infrastructure Symposium
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July 25, 2013Imperatives for a holistic urban agenda
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March 31, 2014The Routledge Handbook on Cities of the Global South
The Routledge Handbook on Cities of the Global South, Edited by Susan Parnell and Sophie Oldfield engages the twenty-first-century city through a ‘southern urban’ lens to stimulate scholarly, professional and activist engagements with the city.
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November 28, 2013Rogue Urbanism: Emergent African Cities
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Caroline Skinner, Richard Dobson November 6, 2013Working in Warwick
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Gerhard Bruyns, Arie Graafland September 17, 2013African Perspectives [South Africa]: City, Society, Space, Literature & Architecture
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August 8, 2013Quick Guide 07: A much neglected housing option for the poor
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Stephen Berrisford February 26, 2018New video series on urban law reform in Africa launched
As a part of the dissemination of the Reforming Urban Law in Africa: a practical guide, which was recently awarded the Dubai International Award for Best Practices(DIABP) in the category University Research Award on Legislation, Rules, Regulations & Governance Systems, is a newly launched video series. Featuring co-author of the guide Stephen Berrisford, the 13-part series cover each section […]
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Stephen Berrisford February 22, 2018International award for ground-breaking urban law reform guide
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February 3, 2018Reflections on 10 years of the ACC: Four Vignettes
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Jane Battersby, Gareth Haysom June 1, 2017Nourishing Spaces Launched
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Henrietta Nyamnjoh September 2, 2016African Humanities Program Postdoctoral Fellowships 2016
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Anna Taylor April 4, 2016Job Opportunity: City Embedded Researcher: FRACTAL Cities and Climate Change Project
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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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Warren Smit May 24, 2016Urban governance and urban food systems in Africa: Examining the linkages
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Warren Smit May 24, 2016Urban Health Research in Africa: Themes and Priority Research Questions
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Anton Cartwright September 8, 2015
Better Growth, Better Cities: Rethinking and Redirecting Urbanisation in Africa
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June 10, 2015Reality check: Planning education in the African urban century
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April 30, 2015Urban infrastructure in Sub-Saharan Africa: literature reviews