Solar Power Africa 2012

Solar Power Africa 2012

 

Conference

 

27 - 30 August, 2012, Southern Sun Newlands, Cape Town, South Africa

Green Cities: Promoting the NMT Agenda

Green Cities: Promoting the Non-Motorised Transport (NMT) Agenda

Conference

The Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) established and officially launched the National

Greening Programme on 18 May 2010 in Sandton, Johannesburg. In addition to key thematic areas such as energy efficiency, water conservation, waste management, biodiversity management, sustainable tourism, the programme also focuses on non-motorised transport (NMT). A strategic element of this Programme is the implementation of demonstration NMT projects in Polokwane, Johannesburg and Durban.

The outcome of the NMT Programme is to assist in developing integrated, environmentally friendly and energy efficient transport systems in South Africa – contributing to inclusive, safe, clean and low-cost transportation.

The Department of Environmental Affairs in partnership with KfW – German Development Bank

02 - 03 August 2012

Gallagher Estate, Midrand
South Africa

Olympics 2012 – Megaevents virtual issue

Nº especial (virtual) sobre grandes eventos (Jogos Olímpicos, etc.) - planeamento urbano, gestão urbana, etc.de acesso livre - descarregue aqui-->

This very topical virtual theme draws papers from the Environment and Planning series of journals, including Society and Space. It begins with a newly written editorial by Francisco Klauser. The papers are open access.
    

Editorial: Sport megaevents and the city

Francisco R Klauser

The impact of the World Student Games on Sheffield

P Foley

The professionalisation of urban cultural policies in France: the case of festivals

E Négrier

Civic boosterism in the politics of local economic development — ‘institutional positions’ and ‘strategic orientations’ in the consumption of hallmark events

M Boyle

The World Cup and the national Thing on Commercial Drive, Vancouver

Paul Kingsbury

Vancouver’s promise of the world’s first sustainable Olympic Games

Meg Holden, Julia MacKenzie, Robert VanWynsberghe

Splintering spheres of security: Peter Sloterdijk and the contemporary fortress city

Francisco R Klauser

Development plans versus conservation: explanation of emergent conflicts and state political handling

Evangelia Apostolopoulou, John D Pantis

International urban festivals as a catalyst for governance capacity building

Paul Benneworth, Hugh Dauncey

State dirigisme in megaprojects: governing the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi

Martin Müller

Commentaries

Pre-Olympic and post-Olympic Barcelona, a ‘model’ for urban regeneration today?
Maria-Dolors Garcia-Ramon, Abel Albet

Novo acordo de cooperação entre a União Europeia e Angola

Novo acordo de cooperação entre a União Europeia e Angola



«A União Europeia e Angola assinaram, em 23.07.2012, um novo acordo de cooperação intitulado "Caminho Conjunto Angola – União Europeia". O acordo visa elevar a um novo patamar o relacionamento entre Angola e a União Europeia, através do aprofundamento do diálogo político e da cooperação bilateral em áreas de interesse comum, reconhecendo o papel crescente de Angola no plano regional e internacional e a importância do reforço do relacionamento bilateral. A intensificação do diálogo e da cooperação entre Angola e a União Europeia abrange diversas áreas, nomeadamente as questões de paz e segurança, crescimento económico e desenvolvimento sustentável, boa governação e direitos humanos, energia, transportes, ambiente, ciência e tecnologia, e educação.» (European Union - Delegation to the Republic of Angola, 23.07.2012).

GUINGUINBALI - Portal espanhol de comunicação, especializado em assuntos da África Ocidental e Macaronesia

GUINGUINBALI

Portal espanhol de comunicação, especializado em assuntos da África Ocidental e Macaronesia

AFRICA CONFIDENTIAL

AFRICA CONFIDENTIAL

JEUNE AFRIQUE

 JEUNE AFRIQUE

Maputo Adapting Sanitation Systems to Climate Change

Maputo Adapting Sanitation Systems to Climate Change

«On the 10 July 2012, Lucinda Fairhurst, Manager: Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction, headed up a team of consultants and researchers to carry out a consultative participatory workshop with key stakeholders representing researchers from climate and disaster risk focus areas at the ‘Universidad Eduardo Mondlane’, Maputo. Municipal decision makers, community based organisations and various ministries in Mozambique were also involved. The workshop’s focus was to take previous participatory engagements within the City of Maputo forward, in efforts to identify and develop locally appropriate adaptation actions and strategies. The workshop was also used as a platform to further demonstrate the use of the ‘African City Adapt Tool’, which is due to be launched and will go live on the internet early in August 2012.(...)» (ICLEI-Africa, 11.07.2012)

Nova Centralidade do Dundo (Angola) - Cidade Dos Santos

«Nova Cidade Dos Santos homenageia Presidente José Eduardo dos Santos - Membros do Conselho Provincial de Auscultação e Concertação Social da província da Lunda-Norte decidiram atribuir à nova centralidade do município do Dundo, a designação de cidade Dos Santos.» (Jornal de Angola, 13.07.2012)

(Fotos: Angop)

Características gerais da nova cidade Dos Santos:

Cerca de 20 mil apartamentos, numa empreitada dividida em quatro fases. Plano implementado pela empresa chinesa PAN China, sob fiscalização da TPF.

1ª fase de execução do plano da nova centralidade / nova cidade (início em 2009 e conclusão em Setembro 2012):

419 edifícios e 5400 apartamentos, edifícios públicos, hospital com capacidade para 92 camas, escola com 30 salas e jardim infantil com 24. Edifícios de 5 pisos compostos por apartamentos T5, com 150 metros quadrados, e T4 com 140 metros quadrados.Cerca de 30 000 habitantes, maioria jovens. O trabalho envolve 2.375 chineses e cerca de 1.900 angolanos

African Studies Virtual Special Issue: Feminism & Gender in South Africa

Nº virtual sobre Feminismo & Género na África do Sul da Revista AFRICAN STUDIES

artigos com acesso livre até 31.12.2012

African Studies Virtual Special Issue: Feminism & Gender in South Africa

Issues surrounding feminism and the complexities of gender in South Africa continue to be discussed and so these topics have been chosen for the Virtual Special Issue to help you with your reading, research and understanding. The articles have been selected from recent and past issues of African Studies to provide a general overview of the changes that have occured in South Africa in past decades until the present. There are FREE access articles and also further reading articles.

Revista AFRICAN STUDIES

South Korea to help plan south Sudan's new capital

«South Korea is trying to form closer ties with resource-rich African nations through various aid and infrastructure development projects. South Korea's state-run land developer said it signed a preliminary deal on Thursday to help southern Sudan build a new capital in what will be the world's newest country. Under the agreement with the government of southern Sudan, LH Corp said it would offer the African country technical support to draw up a master plan. Southern Sudan's government, currently based in the southern city of Juba, is considering development of the new capital in line with its new status as an independent state. LH Corp will help the national development of southern Sudan by offering expertise accumulated over the last 50 years.» (Source: http://gulfnews.com/, 16.06.2011)

Habitação em Angola

(Foto: artigo 1 - BBC)

• 7. Habitação em Angola tem elogios da ONU (notícia do Jornal de Angola, 23.07.2012)

• 6. Fotos - Kilamba (Jornal de Angola, 23.07.2012)

• 5. Texto do provedor do Leitor do jornal Público sobre a relação entre o artigo do Público e o da BBC - 15.07.2012

• 4. Artigo de opinião do Jornal de Angola sobre a Cidade do Kilamba em resposta a artigos do jornal Público e BBC - 8.07.2012 

• 3. Artigo do Jornal Público sobre a Cidade do Kilamba - 5.07.2012

• 2. Vídeo da BBC sobre a Cidade do Kilamba . 2.07.2012

• 1. Artigo da BBC sobre a Cidade do Kilamba (texto completo) - 2.07.2012

(post c/ a colaboração de José Augusto Rodrigues e Herneide Tavares, PUA 2010-11)

Colonial Architecture and Urbanism in Africa

 

Book review "Colonial architecture and urbanism in Africa. Intertwined and contested histories"

Planning Perspectives, Vol. 28 (1), 2013 - Carlos Nunes Silva

"Ilha do Príncipe" - São Tomé e Príncipe: incluída na lista da Rede Mundial de Reservas da Bioesfera da UNESCO

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Source: Photos - Ilha do Príncipe

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"Ilha do Príncipe" em São Tomé e Príncipe: incluído na lista de Reservas da Bioesfera da UNESCO

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Sao Tome and Principe included in the World Network of Biosphere Reserves

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«The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today added 20 new sites to its global list of biosphere reserves, bringing the total to 599 in 117 countries.The International Coordinating Council of UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB), meeting in Paris, France, added sites in Haiti, Kazakhstan and Sao Tome and Principe for the first time to the World Network of Biosphere Reserves. Biosphere reserves are places recognized by MAB where local communities are actively involved in governance and management, research, education, training and monitoring at the service of both socio-economic development and biodiversity conservation.They are "sites for experimenting with and learning about sustainable development"» (UNESCO, 11.07.2012)

«The Island of Príncipe, Sao Tome and Principe, is the country’s first Biosphere Reserve. It is the oldest of three oceanic volcanic islands in the Gulf of Guinea. The area includes the entire emerged area of the island of Príncipe, its islets and Tinhosas islands. It is home to great biodiversity in terrestrial as well as in marine ecosystems, and is an important place for the reproduction of sea turtles, seabirds and cetaceans. The main economic activities are agriculture, fishing and tourism. It can be considered as a model for promoting integrated eco-tourism development in similar islands and may serve as the basis for a larger marine and terrestrial buffer zone.» (UNESCO, 11.07.2012)

Outcome of the Conference - The future we want

Africa

«183. While we acknowledge that some progress has been made towards the fulfilment of international commitments related to Africa’s development needs, we emphasize that significant challenges remain in achieving sustainable development on the continent.

184. We call on the international community to enhance support and fulfil commitments to advance action in areas critical to Africa’s sustainable development and welcome the efforts by development partners to strengthen cooperation with the New Partnership for Africa’s Development. We also welcome the progress made by African countries in deepening democracy, human rights, good governance and sound economic management, and encourage African countries to continue their efforts in this regard. We invite all Africa’s development partners, in particular developed countries, to support African countries in strengthening human capacities and democratic institutions, consistent with their priorities and objectives, with a view to furthering Africa’s development at all levels, including through facilitating the transfer of technology needed by African countries as mutually agreed. We recognize the continued efforts by African countries to create enabling environments for inclusive growth in support of sustainable development and for the international community to make continued efforts to increase the flow of new and additional resources for financing for development from all sources, public and private, domestic and foreign, to support these development efforts by African countries, and welcome the various important initiatives established between African countries and their development partners in this regard.» pp. 34-35.

Eleições autárquicas em Cabo Verde 2012

Resultados das eleições autárquicas - 1 de Julho de 2012

Resultados - Presidência da Câmara Municipal

Página da DGAPE - Direcção Geral de Apoio ao Processo Eleitoral

Tombuctu, cidade Património Mundial (Unesco, 1988)

Tombuctu (Mali), cidade Património Mundial desde 1988, foi incluída na lista dos bens em risco pelo comité do património mundial da UNESCO, em Junho 2012.

Notícia sobre destruição de vários mausoléus em Tombuctu,

dias depois da decisão da Unesco (jornal Público, 30.06.2012) -->