Africa
AAPS Conference
From 17-19 November, Association of African Planning Schools (AAPS) is hosting its fourth all-schools conference in 2014. Themed ‘African Urban Planning and the Global South: Pedagogy, Research, Practice’, the Conference will feature a number of international experts on cities and urbanization in Africa and the global South
Susan Parnell discusses ‘Africa’s Urban Revolution’
An interview with Susan Parnell, Executive Member of the African Centre for Cities and Co-Editor of ‘Africa’s Urban Revolution’, published by Zed Books. Sue discusses informal settlements, the effects of global environmental change & the true economic potential of Africa’s cities.
Strengthening climate resilience in African cities
‘Climate compatible development’ is gaining ground in international policy circles. What does this mean for African and other developing world cities?
On Southern African Climate Adaptation
This short video captures the key messages and debates emerging from the first Southern Africa Adaptation Colloquium, held in November 2013 and co-hosted by the African Centre for Cities’ Climate Change Think Tank
AAPS Conference 2014
Registration and a call to papers is now open for the AAPS’ fourth all-schools conference in 2014 which takes place in Cape Town from 17-19 November 2014. Titled “African Urban Planning and the Global South: Pedagogy, Research, Practice”; AAPS 2014 will focus on the central themes and problems of African urbanization.
The 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.
African Urban Research Initiative (AURI)
The African Urban Research Initiative (AURI) was initiated in 2013 to support existing and future Africa-based research centres to inform and enhance the policy actors and networks responsible for sustainable urban policy and management in different African contexts.
