Certificate of Achievement
Mary Templeman Hogg - O'Rourke
has completed the following course:
UCL (University College London) and Sierra Leone Urban Research Centre
This online course considered issues of development and planning in African cities, challenging myths about urban development and demonstrating how different processes interact and shape the development of cities.
4 weeks, 3 hours per week
Dr Andrea Rigon
Lecturer and Director of Studies at the Bartlett Development Planning Unit
UCL (University College London)
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Understand how different processes interact and shape the urban development of a city
- Demonstrate an understanding of some key development and planning issues in African cities through justice and spatial lenses
- Reflect upon the tensions between wider urban theories and regional processes on one hand, and the specificity of urban contexts on the other
- Explain the specific and different roles and challenges of each urban actor in urban planning and development processes
- Demonstrate an understanding of the urban challenges faced by Freetown and their potential solutions
Syllabus
Week 1: Introduction to development and planning in African cities
- What is development? What is planning?
- Normative crosscutting lenses: spatial justice and social diversity
- Urban change and the evolution of planning
Week 2: Urban land & informalities
- Diversity of meanings, values and functions of urban land
- Formal and informal urban land markets and tenure systems
- What are urban informalities? Economic and spatial dimensions of informality
Week 3: Governance & planning
- Devolution of powers and fiscal autonomy
- Scales: city-level, metropolitan, regional
- Participatory planning (planning from below)
Week 4: Urban risk, vulnerabilities & infrastructure
- Understanding urban risk and coping/adaptation strategies
- Urban health
- Co-production of urban infrastructures.
Issued on 17th January 2022
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