Can we actually agree on indicators to measure urban development?
Over the course of 2015 and 2016, the world’s governments will have agreed on a series of landmark new frameworks seeking to guide the development of cities around the world, perhaps for decades to...
View ArticleNew ‘Mapa dos Chapas’ public transport map for Maputo
A new route map for Maputo’s privately-operated minibuses, known as chapas, will be launched later this year with the aim of making the system easier to use and allowing passengers to plan their...
View ArticleCommunity-generated data crucial for implementing New Urban Agenda
Earlier this year, when the Liberian government wanted to demolish informal housing in the West Point section of Monrovia, local community members had a strong argument to dissuade them. Thanks to a...
View ArticleComment: The new urban imperative for secondary cities
The dust has settled on last month’s Habitat III conference on urbanization, Quito hotels have returned to their regular November occupancy rates, and attention has switched across the Atlantic to the...
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New Contemporary African Architecture Journal launched
FOLIO a new annual on contemporary African architecture has been launched in South Africa, coinciding with this year’s Africa Day celebrations. According to founding editor Professor...
View ArticleG20 and the question of urbanisation
This week, leaders of the world’s twenty largest economies will be meeting in the German port city of Hamburg. Since the creation of the Group of 20 (G20) in the aftermath of the global financial...
View ArticleNew Masters in Southern Urbanism
Seeking to address the knowledge vacuum generated by the multitude of environmental, economic and social crises manifesting in cities in the Global South, due to rapid urbanisation, African Centre for...
View ArticleOpen Streets Cape Town launches toolkit
Open Streets Cape Town (OSCT), a non-profit organisation working to create shared spaces that help bridge spatial and social divides in the city, launches an Open Streets toolkit. OSCT is based on the...
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Pointers from Asia for urbanization in Africa
Africa and Asia are latecomers to urbanization. In these two continents, less than half live in urban centers, while elsewhere, more than 70% of people do. But Africa and Asia are now rapidly...
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August House: Where art and city-making meet
Writer, artist and research associate at the University of Cape Town’s African Centre for Cities (ACC), Kim Gurney pens a new book on the evolving art space, August House in...
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