Healthy Cities CityLab
Healthy Cities, coordinated by Dr Warren Smit, is one of three active projects under the umbrella CityLab Programme, and is focussed on the relationship between the urban environment and health in Cape Town.
Projects
The ACC aims to produce credible new knowledge on the drivers of urban crisis in African cities with an eye on systemic solutions
Hungry Cities (Bangalore, Kingston, Maputo, Mexico City, Nairobi, Nanjing)
The HCP brings together partners from across the Global South to collaboratively address the food security challenge of rapid urbanisation in Africa, Asia and the Caribbean.
ESRC/DFID African Urban Poverty Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
The ACC invites applications for one postdoctoral fellowship to undertake research in an ESRC/DFID-funded project focusing on Urban Poverty and Food Systems in secondary cities in sub-Saharan Africa. The three case study cities are Kitwe, Epworth and Kisumu.
Hungry Cities Research Programme
The African Centre for Cities will host a new R12m, five-year international comparative multi-city inquiry research programme focusing on youth entrepreneurship in the informal food economy; competition and inclusive growth in the urban food economy; reshaping informal food systems through inclusive growth; rapid urbanisation, food insecurity and inclusive growth.
Consuming urban poverty: food systems planning and governance in Africa’s secondary cities
The ACC is leading a three-year research project about governing food systems to alleviate poverty in secondary cities in Africa.
New research on disaster risk in urban Africa
The ACC is part of a new international programme of interdisciplinary research which aims to reduce disaster risk in urban sub-Saharan Africa. UrbanARK links African and international experts in hazards and climate modelling, social history, urban planning and governance, epidemiology and urban loss assessment.
Migration & Informal Entrepreneurship in Southern Africa
“Growing Informal Cities: Mobile Entrepreneurs and Inclusive Growth in South Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe” sets out to advance understanding of the reciprocal links between mobility and informal entrepreneurship in Southern African cities.
Urban Infrastructure: Land Values, Housing & Transport
The ACC is hosting a one-year research project funded by UK DfID to examine how public authorities can use rising land values to finance better, high-capacity urban infrastructure in selected African cities. A team of academics and practitioners is preparing background materials and case studies. The research is led by ACC adjunct professors Ian Palmer and Stephen Berrisford.
Radical Incrementalism & Theories/Practices of Emancipatory Change
This workshop examines ideas of radical incrementalism across our towns and cities. It seeks to explore theories and practices that can support emancipatory change across urban regions through the power of urban dwellers to challenge poverty, oppression and unjust environments.
