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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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. …
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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 …
Using data to understand and address urban health issues in Nairobi, Kenya. by Blessing Mberu Nairobi, Kenya’s capital, typifies sub-Saharan Africa’s rapid urban growth and associated urban crisis, with a …