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

In this video Dr. Victor Kabba and Dr. Alphajor Cham present the challenges of accessing land in Freetown. Urban land in Freetown is managed by a wide range of ministries …

by Joseph Macarthy Land tenure Land tenure has no single conceptual definition. However, in Sierra Leone, two main descriptions correspond to its usage. Land tenure is the relationship, whether legally …

In this video, you will meet Mr. Abdulai Kanu, a resident of the Portee-Rokupa settlement in the eastern part of Freetown. He describes the spatial injustice residents experience, specifically through …

By Andrea Rigon Spatial injustice in Nairobi This is a picture of the central business district of Nairobi. and these are some pictures of Nairobi’s informal settlements or slums*. This …

by Andrea Rigon Earlier on, we discussed how development and planning are political and normative processes which are therefore based on specific values. Because we argue that it is impossible …

This video will bring you to the city Freetown and begin to introduce the scale of its urban expansion. It is important to understand the historical context of the city …

by Andrea Rigon In this course, we are not providing a single definition of ‘development’ and ‘planning’, but rather some observations. However, it is important to first outline the distinction …

This week we will focus on development and planning and discuss major changes in the evolution of planning in Africa and Sierra Leone. We will firstly explore major trends related …

This interactive map will help you familiarise yourself with the spatiality of Freetown, a city between the mountains and the sea. We have identified key locations on the map of …

If this is your first course, please review the ‘Using FutureLearn’ for an introduction to learning with FutureLearn. How will we learn? Throughout our four weeks together we will use …