Conferência Internacional - Governança Local e Urbana: Tendências, Desafios e Inovações num Mundo Globalizado

Conferência Internacional 

Governança Local e Urbana: Tendências, Desafios

e Inovações num Mundo Globalizado 

União Geográfica Internacional

Comissão de Geografia da Governança

 

4 a 7 de setembro de 2019

Cidade da Praia, Cabo Verde 

A Conferência Internacional sobre Governança Local e Urbana: tendências, desafios e inovações num mundo globalizado, organizada  pela Comissão de Geografia da Governança da União Geográfica Internacional (UGI), em colaboração com a Universidade de Cabo Verde (UNI-CV), será realizada na Cidade da Praia, Cabo Verde, de 4 a 7 de setembro de 2019. 

A Conferência pretende explorar e discutir as mudanças, desafios e inovações que confrontam a Governança Local e Urbana no contexto das novas agendas urbanas globais. Será um fórum para a discussão do estado da arte da pesquisa sobre governança local e urbana, nas diferentes regiões do mundo.

Dentro deste objetivo geral, a Conferência Anual de 2019 da Comissão de Geografia da Governança Local da UGI também visa proporcionar a oportunidade de comparações entre os municípios africanos e as cidades africanas, bem como comparações com outras regiões do mundo. 

Para mais informações, visite o site da conferência: https://sites.google.com/view/geogov2019/home

La Décentralisation en Afrique au Début du Xxie Siècle. Réflexions à partir de l'expérience congolaise récente

Jules Mapatano (2019). La Décentralisation en Afrique au Début du Xxie Siècle. Réflexions à partir de l'expérience congolaise récente. Paris: L'Harmattan, 280 pages (ISBN : 978-2-343-15578-4 ) 

Plus de dix ans après la relance de la décentralisation en République Démocratique du Congo le besoin d'en faire l'état des lieux s'impose. Cet ouvrage interroge ainsi la décentralisation congolaise à la lumière de ces expériences africaines plus anciennes pour en tirer des leçons pour l'action et la recherche. Il s'adresse à un large public intéressé par les problèmes politiques et administratifs des pays en développement et notamment en Afrique.

Cities of the Lusophone World. Literature, Culture and Urban Transformations

Doris Wieser and Ana Filipa Prata (eds.). (2019).  Cities of the Lusophone World. Literature, Culture and Urban Transformations. Oxford and New York: Peter Lang (ISBN: 978-1-78874-253-5)

Cities of the Lusophone World addresses diverse literary and cultural representations of urban settings produced in the period from the 1960s to the present day and originating from the Island of Mozambique, Lisbon, Luanda, Macau, Maputo, Porto Alegre and São Paulo. The volume contributes to the interdisciplinary research field of urban cultural studies, which lies at the crossroads between the social sciences and the humanities. The essays gathered here consider the city not only as a geographical configuration, but also as a historical discourse where space and time merge and where different individual and collective practices and actions take place. They explore how memories and identities are framed, how people at the margins create discourses of resistance, and how processes of migration and urban transformation disrupt established social and cultural borders.

 

 

The Geography of Climate Change Adaptation in Urban Africa

Patrick Brandful Cobbinah & Michael Addaney  (2019). The Geography of Climate Change Adaptation in Urban Africa. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan 

This book take a comprehensive look at several cases of climate change adaptation responses across various sectors and geographical areas in urban Africa and places them within a solid theoretical context. Each chapter is a state-of-the-art overview of a significant topic on climate change adaptation in urban Africa and is written by a leading expert in the field. In addition to the focus on the geography of urban adaptation to climate in Africa, this collection offers a broader perspective by blending the use of case studies and theory based research. It examines transformations in climate change adaptation in urban Africa and its future orientation from the perspectives of urban planners, political economists, environmentalists, ecologists, economists and geographers, thereby addressing the challenges facing African cities adaptation responses from all angles. Providing up-to-date and authoritative contributions covering the key aspects of climate change adaptation in urban Africa, this book will be of great interest to policymakers, practitioners, scholars and students of geography, urban development and management, environmental science and policy, disaster management, as well as those in the field of urban planning.