Applied Urban Research

The ACC provides tailored capacity development products/services based on new knowledge about the unique dynamics of urban development in Africa and the global South

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World Bank Perspectives on Emerging Urban Issues

Feb 17, 2012 — Cape Town

In this talk, Urban Practice Manager at the World Bank Institute Christine Kessides will focus on the World Bank urban strategy of active management of cities through an integrated national ...

Changing socio-spatial configurations of inclusion and exclusion: planning and counter-planning in the African city

Dec 31, 2011

The Nordic Africa Institute & African Centre for Cities 7-8 March 2012, Uppsala, Sweden Deadline for abstracts: 8 January 2012 Cities in Sub-Saharan Africa are marked by high levels of harsh livi ...

Changing socio-spatial configurations of inclusion and exclusion: planning and counter-planning in the African city

Mar 7–8, 2012 — Uppsala

Invitation to a workshop The Nordic Africa Institute & African Centre for Cities Deadline for abstracts: 8 January 2012 Cities in Sub-Saharan Africa are marked by high levels of harsh living cond ...

Inspiring Change: Exploring creative ways to deal with climate change in cities

Nov 18–20, 2011 — Cape Town

exploring creative ways to take on climate change in Cape town. With COP17/CMP7 hosted in Durban during November and December 2011, climate change issues are in the spotlight. While Climate Change sol ...

Measuring carbon fluxes from savannas, seas and cities

Oct 12, 2011 — Cape Town

Dr Bob Scholes, systems ecologist at the CSIR in Pretoria, has for years been studying the global carbon cycle and is a leading expert in this area in the African context. We are pleased to announce t ...

Robert VH Dover: Structured inequity and differentiated citizenship: the effects of the different health care user categories in the Colombian health care system

Oct 6, 2011 — Cape Town

In this ACC Healthy Cities CityLab seminar, Dr Robert VH Dover, of the Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia, will talk about his research on the differentiated health care system of Colombia. About the ...