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Adaptive capacity and use of ecosystem services in slums of Kampala, Uganda: An approach using ego-network analysis
May 9, 2012 — Cape Town
This seminar will depart from my PhD research that focuses on the resilience of individuals and communities in rapidly growing slums and informal settlements of Kampala, Uganda. Taking a social-ecolog ...
Culture and Safety in Africa workshop kicks off SNIS project
Apr 9, 2012
The 'Culture and Safety in Africa' Methodology Workshop was held in Lugano, Switzerland from March 9th to 14th 2012. It marked the beginning of the Swiss Network of International Studi ...
ACC Postgraduate Bursaries 2012
Mar 12, 2012
The African Centre for Cities awards a few new and roll-over masters and doctoral bursaries each year. The awards are for UCT students whose dissertations are on urban-related issues in Africa. The bu ...
Ways of Knowing Urban Ecology
Mar 15, 2012 — Cape Town
In this seminar, Dr. Henrik Ernstson, Dr. Jane Battersby, and Dr. Anna Storm will speak about the recently launched African Centre for Cities & Stockholm Resilience Centre research project named ...
Workshop: Cities and Biodiversity Outlook 1 (CBO-1)
Feb 14–15, 2012 — Cape Town
Dr Thomas Elmqvist of the Stockholm Resilience Centre is Editor of the Cities and Biodiversity Outlook (CBO-1), a UNEP-CBD global assessment of the links between urbanization, biodiversity, and ecosys ...
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 ...
