Reports
New report: Insights on ‘The Post-networked City’
A new report titled ‘The Post-networked City: Reflecting on Heterogeneous Service Delivery in African Cities’ sheds light on the diverse pathways shaping urban infrastructure in places like Freetown and Kampala.
Fintech and the platformed motorcycle: speculating on ordinary mobility economies in urban Africa
Fintech and the platformed motorcycle: speculating on ordinary mobility economies in urban Africa
The rise of on-demand logistics in Cape Town
This report shares insights on how the use of motorcycles reconfigures urban mobility, governance and economies due to the introduction of platform-based systems and the rise in platformisation of on-demand logistics.
Fighting Urban Corruption in Fast-Growing African Cities
Corruption in Urban Planning: A Guide for Professional and Trainee Planners is a guide developed in partnership with researchers at the African Centre for Cities, geared towards understanding and addressing the impact of corruption on Sub-Saharan cities.
Democracy and the Life of Cities
Democracy and the Life of Cities examines and challenges the role of cities in generating and strengthening democratic practices as authoritarianism rises across much of the world.
Country Synthesis Report: Africa’s Urban Boom – Harnessing The Potential
In this country synthesis report, the PEAK Urban programme shares lessons from research in South Africa, with implications for global policy and practice.
Pathways to transform urban food system
An action research compass for strengthening the informal sector’s role in achieving the right to food.
Integrating Food Sensitive Planning and Urban Design into Urban Governance Actions
This report focuses on the different approaches to and positions on urban food governance.