Course: Development and Planning in African Cities: Exploring theories, policies and practices from Sierra Leone

In this video, Professor Adriana Allen will introduce the idea of risk and why it matters, the concept of everyday risk and people’s capacity to act, as well as looking …

By Prof Vanessa Watson, University of Cape Town The concept of the city-region has a long history in planning. The origins of the idea can be traced back to the …

In this video, Alexandre Apsan Frediani discusses three types of participatory planning: The model promoted by Slum/Shack Dwellers International (SDI) in several countries based on community mobilisation through savings groups …

Dr Colin Marx, The Bartlett Development Planning Unit, University College London In this short video, Dr Marx speaks of the importance of understanding the diversity of meanings, functions and values …

reflections on Namuwongo, Kampala by Colin McFarlane, Professor of Geography, Durham University For increasing numbers of residents globally, the urban economy is about coping with erratic incomes, unreliable work, and …

In this video, Julian Walker explains the importance of social identities as socially constructed and the implication of intersecting multiple identities. This demonstrates why it is important to work with …

Many thanks from the course team! Lead Educators: Andrea Rigon, Joseph Macarthy Course initiation and content design: Andrea Rigon, Joseph Macarthy, Alexander Stone, Joanna Stroud Course production: Andrea Rigon, Alexander …

You can stay in touch with us! Sierra Leone Urban Research Centre The Sierra Leone Urban Research Centre (SLURC) at the Institute of Geography and Development Studies of Njala University. …

We hope you enjoyed the course. Before the final steps, we would like to invite you to post a brief answer below to the following questions about the course: What …

Mr Horatio Gorvie, engineer for the Freetown City Council (FCC), discusses some of the challenges regarding infrastructure in Freetown. He describes the most pressing infrastructure needs of the city, including …

by Joseph Macarthy In much of Africa, rapid urbanisation and the variety of challenges associated with it (housing, slums, waste, health) are creating limits to the opportunities which cities and …

by Joseph Macarthy The movement of people and goods is a necessary element of social and economic interaction in cities. However, for most cities, the problem of urban living is …

by Dr Jonathan Silver, Urban Institute, University of Sheffield Infrastructure can be understood as the technologies through which various urban actors seek to navigate the city across the myriad challenges …

In this video, Mr John Rogers, from the Office of National Security, ONS, and Mr Braima Koroma, of SLURC, talk about how risk is experienced in Freetown. Various risks are …