Sustainable Urban Development in Africa.

UN-Habitat (2015). Sustainable UrbanDevelopment in Africa.

Abstract / Resumo

«Africa is looking forward to the attainment of Agenda 2063, a long term regional agenda to achieve development in five decades. This process will be supported by Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the outcome of HABITAT III, which will define the New Urban Agenda for the next 20 years. In this context sustainable urbanization and human settlements development must unlock the benefits of economic agglomerations, realize the force of economic clusters for competitiveness and enhanced productivity by putting the levers of sustainable urbanization in place. This paper provides information and suggestion on how sustainable urban development in Africa can serve as an enabler in attaining the desired structural transformation, increased prosperity and peaceful co-existence within the framework of Agenda 2063.» (In UN-HABITAT)

 

UN-Habitat Urban Data

 

UN-Habitat Urban Data

International Journal of E-Planning Research - 2016 Annual Conference

  

Conference website: International Journal of E-Planning Research - 2016 Annual Conference

  

Universidade de Lisboa - International Journal of E-Planning Research - 2016 Annual Conference

 

Solutions Gateway - Low Carbon Solutions for Urban Development Challenges

Solutions Gateway

Low Carbon Solutions for Urban DevelopmentChallenges

 

«The Solutions Gateway is an online resource platform for Local Governments where they will be able to find possible Low Emissions Development (LED) Solutions for their cities. (...) developed and tested under the Urban-LEDS project [ www.urban-leds.org ], funded by the European Union, and jointly implemented by ICLEI and UN-Habitat.» (In Solutions Gateway)

Urban-LEDS project

Urban-LEDS project

«Urban-LEDS: An Urban Low Emissions Development Strategy (Urban-LEDS), or Low Emissions Urban Development Strategy, defines a pathway to transition a city to a low emission, green and inclusive urban economy, through its integration into city development plans and processes. The Urban-LEDS project: The Urban-LEDS project, funded by the European Commission, and implemented by UN-Habitat and ICLEI, has the objective of enhancing the transition to low emission urban development in four emerging economy countries». (In Urban-LEDS)

International Guidelines on Urban and Territorial Planning

UN-Habitat (2015). International Guidelines on Urban and TerritorialPlanning.

«The Guidelines provide national governments, local authorities, civil society organizations and planning professionals with a global reference framework that promotes more compact, socially inclusive, better integrated and connected cities and territories that foster sustainable urban development and are resilient to climate change.» (In UN-HABITAT)

Kibera: Integrated Water Sanitation and Waste Management Project

Kibera: Integrated Water Sanitation and Waste Management Project

Green Building Interventions for Social Housing

 

 

UN-HABITAT (2014). Green Building Interventions for Social Housing

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF E-PLANNING RESEARCH - Volume 4, Issue 4, 2015

 

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF E-PLANNING RESEARCH

Volume 4, Issue 4, 2015

http://www.igi-global.com/ijepr

Editor-in-Chief - Carlos Nunes Silva, Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, University of Lisbon, Portugal

 

EDITORIAL PREFACE

Social Media, Spatial Representation and Citizen Engagement in Urban Planning

Carlos Nunes Silva (Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal)

RESEARCH ARTICLES

Social Media for Public Involvement and Sustainability in International Planning and Development

Laura G. Willems (Griffith University, Nathan, Australia), Tooran Alizadeh (Griffith University, Nathan, Australia)

Semantic Spatial Representation, an Experimental Proposal in the Framework of eParticipation

Angioletta Voghera (Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy), Rossella Crivello (Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy)

Concerns Management, E-Government and E-Participation: Experiences and Findings from Germany

Tobias Vaerst (wer denkt was GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany), Theresa Steffens (wer denkt was GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany), Robert Lokaiczyk (wer denkt was GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany)

BOOK REVIEWS

Spatial Planning Systems and Practices in Europe

Carlos Nunes Silva (Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal)

Dutch Land-Use Planning

Carlos Nunes Silva (Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal)

SUSTAINABLE FUTURES CONFERENCE 2016

SUSTAINABLE FUTURES CONFERENCE  2016

ARCHITECTURE AND CONSTRUCTION IN THEGLOBAL SOUTH

 

30 August – 2 September 2016

Nairobi, Kenya

Planning for Climate Change – Toolkit.

 

UN-HABITAT (2014). Planning for Climate Change – Toolkit.

Integrating Climate Change into City Development Strategies

 

UN-HABITAT (2015). Integrating Climate Change into CityDevelopment Strategies

URBAN OCTOBER 2015

 

URBANOCTOBER 2015

Structural Transformation in Ethiopia: the urban dimension

UN-HABITAT (2014). Structural Transformation in Ethiopia: theurban dimension

7th African Population Conference

7th AfricanPopulation Conference

Government of South Africa & Union for African Population Studies (UAPS)

November 30 - 4 December 2015

Theme

 "Demographic Dividend in Africa: Prospects, Opportunities and Challenges"

Southern African City Studies Conference

 

Southern African City Studies Conference

Durban, South Africa

March 2016

AFRICITIES SUMMIT 2015

AFRICITIES SUMMIT 2015

7th Africities Summit

 

Johannesburg - South Africa

29 November to 3 December 2015

Theme:

“SHAPING THE FUTURE OF AFRICA WITH THE PEOPLE:THE CONTRIBUTION OF AFRICAN LOCAL AUTHORITIES TO the AGENDA 2063 of THE AFRICAN UNION” 

GAPMINDER - estatísticas / statistics

GAPMINDER - Website


GAPMINDER - Facebook


GAPMINDER - Youtube channel


GAPMINDER FOUNDATION

Visita de estudo a Cabo Verde

PLANEAMENTO URBANO EM ÁFRICA

Ano letivo 2014-2015

Visita de estudo a Cabo Verde-->

Os alunos da unidade curricular ‘Planeamento Urbano em África’ (opção, 4º semestre) realizaram uma visita de estudo a Cabo Verde com o intuito de analisar o desenvolvimento urbano e a política de ordenamento do território e de urbanismo de Cabo Verde. A visita de estudo decorreu de 5 a 12 de setembro de 2015. Os alunos contactaram os diferentes agentes do sistema de gestão territorial de Cabo Verde, analisaram e discutiram os problemas, os desafios e as oportunidades com que os municípios cabo-verdianos estão confrontados, e visitaram os 9 municípios da ilha de Santiago. Participaram na visita de estudo os seguintes estudantes: Antónia Mais; Bernardo Barros; Edmundo Isac; Inês Costa; Januário Silva; Letícia Fernandez; Pedro Barata; Ronice Tavares; Susana Mendes; Suzana Silva.

Urban Planning in Lusophone African Countries

Carlos Nunes Silva (ed.) (2015). Urban Planning in LusophoneAfrican Countries. Farham: Ashgate, 243 pp.

Flyer / Folheto

 



                

 Reviews: ‘Carlos Nunes Silva’s edited volume gives an account of urban planning in Lusophone African cities for an Anglophone readership for the first time. It thereby contributes to overcoming the linguistic barriers that constrain planning discourse and practice in Africa. This makes it an important book for those interested in comparing colonial planning legacies and understanding their on-going impact on Africa’s cities.’
Lindsay Bremner, University of Westminster, UK

'Have you ever wondered how history and culture shape current and future urban patterns and forms? Now you have a key reference with some good pointers and relevant answers from a range of well researched and rich experiences. This easy-to-read volume is a must for anyone aiming at understanding the urban planning legacies in Lusophone African countries and beyond. This publication will go down as one of the rare urban planning source books on Lusophone countries available to English-speaking audiences. In that way, it fills a huge language and scientific gap.'
Remy Sietchiping, UN-Habitat, Nairobi, Kenya

‘The thematic chapters of this important volume blaze a trail in many respects. It is the first major comprehensive text in English on colonial and post-colonial urban planning in Lusophone African countries. Together, the chapters do a marvellous job of interrogating the avowed and covert aims of colonial and contemporary urban planning in these countries. It is a “must-read” for anyone with an interest in modernist urban planning from historical and contemporary perspectives. The editor must be commended for assembling the respected team of scholars that contributed to the volume.’
Ambe Njoh, University of South Florida, USA

Urbanization and Climate Change in Small Island Developing States

UN-HABITAT (2015). Urbanization and Climate Change in Small Island Developing States.

Nairobi: United Nations HumanSettlements Programme.

UrbanLex - The Urban Law Database

UrbanLex (UN-HABITAT) - The Urban Law Database

Search by Region (countries), etc.

UN-HABITAT - What is Urban Law? Urban law is the collection of policies, laws, decisions and practices that govern the management and development of the urban environment.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF E-PLANNING RESEARCH, Volume 4, Issue 3, 2015

 

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF E-PLANNING RESEARCH, Volume 4, Issue 3, 2015

http://www.igi-global.com/ijepr

 

Editor-in-Chief - Carlos Nunes Silva, Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, University of Lisbon, Portugal

 

EDITORIAL PREFACE 

Virtual Identification, Public Engagement and 3D Cadastral Systems

Carlos Nunes Silva, Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

 

RESEARCH ARTICLES 

Virtual Identification of Dwelling Characteristics Online for Analysis of Urban Resource Consumption (pages 1-28)

Maryam Saydi,Department of Infrastructure Engineering Melbourne School of Engineering The University of Melbourne, Australia
Ian Bishop, University of Melbourne, Australia 

PEER: A Framework for Public Engagement in Emergency Response (pages 29-46)

David Lorenzi, Rutgers University, Newark, USA
Soon Ae Chun, City University of New York, USA
Jaideep Vaidya, Rutgers University, Newark, USA
Basit Shafiq, Lahore Univ. of Management Sciences, D.H.A Lahore, Pakistan
Vijay. Atluri, Rutgers University, Newark, USA
Nabil R. Adam, Rutgers University, Newark, USA 

Integration of Legal Aspects in 3D Cadastral Systems (pages 47-71)

Mohamed Sobaih Ali El-Mekawy, Stockholm University, Sweden

Jesper M. Paasch, Lantmäteriet, Sweden

Jenny Paulsson, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

 

CONFERENCE REPORT

The International Geographical Union ‘Commission on Geography of Governance' - Annual Conference: Lisbon, Portugal - April 9-10, 2015

Carlos Nunes Silva, Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

 

BOOK REVIEW

Emergent Urbanism. Urban Planning & Design in Times of Structural and Systemic Change

Carlos Nunes Silva, Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

Advancing Economic Citizenship for Children and Youth in Sub Saharan Africa

 

UN-HABITAT (2015). Advancing Economic Citizenship for Children andYouth in Sub Saharan Africa. Nairobi: United Nations Human SettlementsProgramme.

La ciudad colonial y la cuestión de la vivenda Tetuán-Larache 1912-1956

 

Alejandro Mujada (2015). La ciudad colonial y la cuestión de la vivenda Tetuán-Larache 1912-1956. Sevilha: Editorial Universidad de Sevilha

Modern Architecture and its Representation in Colonial Eritrea. An In-visible Colony, 1890-1941

 

Sean Anderson (2015). Modern Architecture and its Representation in Colonial Eritrea. An In-visible Colony, 1890-1941. Farnham: Ashgate.

Emerging Issues, Challenges, and Opportunities in Urban E-Planning

 

 

Carlos Nunes Silva (Ed.) (2015). Emerging Issues, Challenges, and Opportunities in Urban E-Planning. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 380 pages 

Urban Governance in Post-Apartheid Cities. Modes of Engagement in South Africa’s Metropoles

 

Christoph Haferburg & Marie Huchzermeyer (eds.) (2015). Urban Governance in Post-Apartheid Cities. Modes of Engagement in South Africa’s Metropoles.

Scottsville: University of KwaZulu-Natal Press.

On Planting and Planning. The Making of British Colonial Cities & Lusaka: The New Capital of Northern Rhodesia

 

Robert Home (2013). On Planting and Planning. The Making of British Colonial Cities. London: Routledge, 2nd edition, 260 pages (ISBN 978-0-415-54054-4)

 

 

Lusaka: The New Capital of Northern Rhodesia. [Introduction by Robert Home]. London: Routledge, 2013, 131 pages (ISBN 978-0-415-82868-0)

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. Carlos Nunes Silva (2015). Book review 'On Planting and Planning & Lusaka: The New Capital of Northern Rhodesia", In Planning Perspectives. An International Journal of History, Planning and the Environment, Vol. 30 (4): 675-678.

 

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF E-PLANNING RESEARCH, Volume 4, Issue 2, 2015

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF E-PLANNING RESEARCH,

Volume 4, Issue 2, 2015

http://www.igi-global.com/ijepr

Editor-in-Chief - Carlos Nunes Silva, Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, University of Lisbon, Portugal

GUEST EDITORIAL PREFACE

Smart Cities, Smart Governments and Smart Citizens: A Brief Introduction

Gabriel Puron Cid (Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economicas, Aguascalientes, Mexico), J. Ramon Gil-Garcia (University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY, USA), Jing Zhang (Clark University, Worcester, MA, USA)

RESEARCH ARTICLES

Extracting Citizen Values as Inputs for Designing Citizen-Responsive Urban e-Planning Services: The VOICE Approach and a Demonstration in the Healthcare Context

Na Liu (Singapore Management University, Singapore), Alex Gavino (Singapore Management University, Singapore), Sandeep Purao (Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA)

 Well-Done, Mr. Mayor!': Linguistic Analysis of Municipal Facebook Pages

Nili Steinfeld (Ariel University, Ariel, Israel), Azi Lev-On (School of Communication, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel)

Limits and Potential for eGov and Smart City in Local Government: A Cluster Analysis Concerning ICT Infrastructure and Use

Erico Przeybilovicz (Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil), Wesley Vieira da Silva (Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil), Maria Alexandra Cunha (Fundação Getúlio Vargas, São Paulo, Brazil)

Is Brazilian Open Government Data Actually Open Data?: An Analysis of the Current Scenario

Kellyton dos Santos Brito (Pernambuco Rural Federal University and Pernambuco Federal University, Recife, Brazil), Marcos Antônio da Silva Costa (Brazilian Federal Service of Prosecution, Recife, Brazil), Vinicius Cardoso Garcia (Pernambuco Federal University, Recife, Brazil), Silvio Romero de Lemos Meira (Pernambuco Federal University, Recife, Brazil)

 

BOOK REVIEW

Smart City: How to Create Public and Economic Value with High Technology in Urban Space

Gabriel Puron-Cid (Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas A.C. (CIDE), Mexico)

 

Space, Changing City: Johannesburg after Apartheid

 

Philip Harrison, Graeme Gotz, Alison Todes and Chris Wray (Eds.) (2015). Changing Space, Changing City: Johannesburg after Apartheid. Johannesburg: Wits University Press, 656 pages

How property tax would benefit Africa

 

Nara Monkan & Mick Moore (2015). How property tax would benefit Africa.

London: Africa Research Institute.

CONFERENCE - LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND URBAN GOVERNANCE: CITIZEN RESPONSIVE INNOVATIONS IN EUROPE AND IN AFRICA

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND URBAN GOVERNANCE:

CITIZEN RESPONSIVE INNOVATIONS IN EUROPE AND IN AFRICA

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF E-PLANNING RESEARCH - Volume 4, Issue 1, 2015

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF E-PLANNING RESEARCH

Volume 4, Issue 1, 2015

 http://www.igi-global.com/ijepr

 

Editor-in-Chief - Carlos Nunes Silva,

Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, University of Lisbon, Portugal

 

EDITORIAL PREFACE

Web-based Public Participation, Crowdsourced Information, Electronic Brainstorming and Blogging in Urban E-Planning

Carlos Nunes Silva, Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

RESEARCH ARTICLES

Web-based Public Participation in Urban Planning Competitions

Susa Eräranta, Department of Real Estate, Planning and Geoinformatics, Aalto University, Aalto, Finland
Maarit Kahila-Tani, Department of Real Estate, Planning and Geoinformatics, Aalto University, Aalto, Finland
Pilvi Nummi-Sund, Development and City Planning Centre, Municipality of Sipoo, Sipoo, Finland

 

Capturing Volunteered Historical Information: Lessons from Development of a Local Government Crowdsourcing Tool

Jennifer Minner, Department of City and Regional Planning, Cornell University, USA
Michael Holleran, Austin School of Architecture, University of Texas at Austin, USA
Andrea Roberts, Austin School of Architecture, University of Texas at Austin, USA
Joshua Conrad, Austin School of Architecture, University of Texas at Austin, USA

Electronic Brainstorming Research and its Implications for E-Planning

Paul B. Paulus, University of Texas at Arlington, USA

 

CONFERENCE REPORT

Blogging the City: Research, Collaboration, and Engagement in Urban E-Planning. Critical Notes from a Conference
Pierre Clavel, Cornell University, USA
Kenneth Fox, Cornell University, USA
Christopher Leo, Department of Political Science, University of Winnipeg, Canada
Anabel Quan-Hasse, University of Western Ontario, Canada
Dean Saitta, Department of Anthropology, University of Denver, USA
LaDale Winling, Department of History, Virginia Tech, USA

BOOK REVIEW

Urban Complexity and Planning
Carlos Nunes Silva, Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

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 Submit Paper to International Journal of E-Planning Research (IJEPR)

http://www.igi-global.com/calls-for-papers/international-journal-planning-research-ijepr/44994

Asmara. La Petite Rome africaine

Antoinette Jeanson-Martin & Paul-Antoine Martin (2015). Asmara. La Petite Rome africaine. Balades dans la capitale de l'Érythrée. Paris: L’Harmattan, 164 pages (ISBN: 978-2-343-05684-5)

ANGOLA - Censo da População e da Habitação de Angola - 2014 - Resultados preliminares

 

ANGOLA - Censo da População e da Habitação de Angola - 2014

- Resultados Preliminares -

Douala et la Répartition Spatiale des Entreprises

Jean-Roger Essombe Edimo Nya Bonabebe (2015). Douala et la Répartition Spatiale des Entreprises. Polarisation et fragmentation. Paris: L’ Harmattan, 280 pages (ISBN : 978-2-343-05701-9)

Journal of Southern African Studies 1st Biennial Conference

Journal of Southern African Studies 1st Biennial Conference:

"Southern Africa beyond the West: Political, Economic & Cultural Relationships with the BRICS & the Global South"

 7-11 August 2015, Livingstone, Zambia

 http://saipar.org/southern-africa-beyond-west/

Sudanese Institute of Architects Conference -

Sudanese Institute of Architects Conference - “Towards Sustainable Urban Development”

Khartoum, Sudan

9th - 11th November 2015

 

Towards Sustainable Urban Development

Friendship Hall, Khartoum, 9 – 11 November 2015

CONFERENCE THEMES

A. Urban Sustainability Challenges and Opportunities

B. Urbanization Patterns, Trends and Societal Needs
C. Sustainable Urban Planning and Design

La Mixité Urbaine et L'espace Public À Rabat

Khadija Karibi (2015). La Mixité Urbaine et L'espace Public À Rabat. Paris: L’Harmattan,

292 pages (ISBN : 978-2-343-04529-0)

City Portrait. Johannesburg - International Conference

City Portrait. Johannesburg

International Conference

June 25th – June 26th 2015

Venice, Italy

http://www.iuav.it/SCUOLA-DI-/RITRATTI-D/eventi-2014/JOHANNESBU/call-for-p/index.htm

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF E-PLANNING RESEARCH - Volume 3, Issue 4, 2014

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF E-PLANNING RESEARCH
Volume 3, Issue 4, 2014
http://www.igi-global.com/ijepr

Editor-in-Chief - Carlos Nunes Silva, Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, University of Lisbon, Portugal

Abstract Announcement for International Journal of E-Planning Research (IJEPR) 3(4) <http://www.igi-global.com/journals/abstract-announcement/91461>

 EDITORIAL PREFACE

Smart City, Participatory Planning, Ethics and New Urbanism
Carlos Nunes Silva (Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal)

RESEARCH ARTICLES

ARTICLE 1

Building Sound Foundations for Smart City Government: The Case of Munich, Germany

Hans Jochen Scholl (University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA), Marlen Jurisch (Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany), Helmut Krcmar (Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany), Margit C. Scholl (Technical University of Applied Sciences of Wildau, Wildau/Berlin, Germany)

ARTICLE 2

Design Review Process: Can New Technology Improve the Art of Participatory Communication?

Rojin S. Vishkaie (Department of Computational Media Design, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada), Richard M. Levy (University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada)

ARTICLE 3

Municipal Websites: Linking Democratic Theory and Citizen Participation

Lamar Vernon Bennett (Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY, USA), Aroon Manoharan (Kent State University, Kent, OH, USA)

ARTICLE 4

Ethical E-Participation: Reasons for Introducing a ‘Qualitative Turn' for PPGIS

Marco Picone (Department of Architecture, University of Palermo,Palermo, Italy), Francesco Lo Piccolo (Department of Architecture, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy)

ARTICLE 5

Can e-Planning Make for Better Communities?: The Parallel Case of Architecture, Ethics and New Urbanism

Michael P. Levine (Department of Philosophy, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia), William M. Taylor (School of Architecture, Landscape & Visual Arts, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia)

BOOK REVIEW

Ethics, Design and Planning of the Built Environment

Carlos Nunes Silva (Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal)

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