Projects – Page 2 – Urban Transformations

The Appropriateness, Usefulness and Impact of the Current Urban Planning Curriculum in South African Higher Education

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Well managed and equitable urban planning can help address many of the major economic, social and environmental challenges currently facing countries across Africa. This is particularly the case in South Africa, where a high level of…

Knowledge in Action for Urban Equality (KNOW)

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With over half of the world’s populations living in urban areas, improving the living conditions in every country depends on humanity’s capacity to address urban challenges. Knowledge in Action for Urban Equality (KNOW) is a response…

How the Urban Poor Define and Measure Food Insecurity and Nutrition

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While urbanisation presents significant opportunities for low-income communities, increasing pressure on housing, infrastructure and local environments also pose a major risk for the most marginal city residents in particular. This in turn affects their ability to…

Understanding and Enhancing the Community Value of Traditional Retail Markets in UK Cities (Markets4People)

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While traditional retail markets have played an important role in the life of towns and cities for centuries, they now face increasing pressure as the rise of corporate retail, alongside public sector cuts, have left many…

Safe and Sustainable Cities: Human Security, Migration, and Well-being

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Despite making up a large share of urban growth in many developing cities, migrant populations are often overlooked by policy makers and local authorities. Safe and Sustainable Cities: Human Security, Migration, and Well-being aims to address…

A World of Rust Belts?: Deindustrialisation and Its Impacts in Cities in the Global South

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There has been much discussion in Europe and the US over the last few decades on the impacts of globalisation on Western industry, with production increasingly outsourced elsewhere: indeed, this has formed a central element in…

Centre for Sustainable, Healthy, and Learning Cities and Neighbourhoods (SHLC)

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While urbanisation can drive poverty reduction in developing countries, in a context of rapid and inequitable growth many cities have seen certain groups, such as rural to urban migrants, increasingly marginalised from public services and other…

Quantifying Cities for Sustainable Development: Transforming Urban Data Collection to Support Research and Policy Making in Developing Countries

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While urbanisation presents significant opportunities for poverty reduction in developing countries, the frequent absence of reliable demographic data is a major obstacle to effective and evidence-based policymaking. This lack of information is especially acute in urban…

Urbanising in Place

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As cities expand into peri-urban areas, urban agriculture and the complex ecosystems on which it depends are increasingly under threat. Despite the significant benefits farming communities bring to the management of the food-water-energy (FEW) nexus, however,…

Rurality as a Vehicle for Urban Sanitation Transformation (RUST)

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Access to basic services such as water, sanitation and electricity is still limited for many millions of urban residents across India. This is particularly the case in informal settlements and recently urbanised areas, many of which…