Africa – Page 2 – Urban Transformations

Security on the move: A photo exhibition from four Somali cities

News

July 11, 2019

The recently completed ESRC-funded project Security on the Move: Everyday Security of IDPs in Rapidly Growing Somali Cities concluded its work with a series of photo exhibitions in Somalia, Kenya, Norway and the UK. Focusing on…

PEAK Urban – Fostering a New Approach in Developing Cities

News

July 2, 2019

In response to the increasingly complex development challenges posed by today’s cities, the ESRC-funded Building Capacity for the Future City in Developing Countries (PEAK) seeks to foster a new approach to urban policy making and research…

‘Urban Energy Landscapes’ now published

News

June 18, 2019

The ESRC-funded project Mapping Urban Energy Landscapes (MUEL) in the Global South, focusing on low carbon, inclusive energy systems in cities in China, India, Mozambique and Peru, explored how urban areas could improve their future energy…

PEAK Urban through the eyes of its researchers

News

June 14, 2019

The PEAK Urban (Building Capacity for the Future City in Developing Countries) programme, a multidisciplinary collaboration between researchers in China, Colombia, India, South Africa and the UK, now features more than 40 interviews with team members…

Planning a Better Future for South Africa’s Cities

Blog

May 24, 2019

In this blog post, Lauren Andres and Stuart Denoon-Stevens describe the findings of the South African Planning Education Research (SAPER) project and some of its key implications for the future of South African cities. The SAPER…

The Political Ecology of the Waste Economy in South Africa

Blog

May 17, 2019

Turning Livelihoods to Rubbish? Assessing the Impacts of Formalization and Technologization of Waste Management on the Urban Poor is a recently completed three-year project ESRC-funded project that investigated the impacts of changes in waste management in…

Misty: Migration, Transformation and Sustainability

project

While there is widespread discussion of both sustainability and migration, with the latter focused particularly on the potentially destabilising impacts of unmanaged movement, there is little understanding on the connections between the two. Misty: Migration, Transformation…

STEPS (Social, Technological and Environmental Pathways to Sustainability) Centre

project

The STEPS (Social, Technological and Environmental Pathways to Sustainability) Centre is a collaborative, multidisciplinary consortium with hubs in Africa, China, Europe, Latin America, North America and South Asia. Focusing on a range of research areas, including…

Tackling Fire in Informal Urban Settlements: An Interdisciplinary Approach

project

Around a billion people across the world live in shack settlements where fire outbreaks pose a constant threat to life, health and property. In a context where many residents lack access to electricity and the absence…

The rainy season is burglary season

Blog

March 28, 2019

Conventional analyses of crime, based on European research models, are often poorly suited to assessing the specific dimensions of criminality in Africa. Development Frontiers in Crime, Livelihoods and Urban Poverty in Nigeria (FCLP) aims to provide an alternative…