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From markets to ‘mal-kets’: Infrastructure modernisation or cultural erosion?
Recommended Citation Asante, L. A., Bandauko, E., & Amoah, M. (2026). From markets to ‘mal-kets’: Infrastructure modernisation or cultur...
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Wetland gentrification in African cities: Implications for urban governance, planning, and theory
While studies in the global North have focused on ‘green gentrification’ driven by park developments and eco-friendly initiatives, a different phenomenon is unfolding in rapidly urbanizing African cities.
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Resisting wetland gentrification in African cities
Asante, L. A., Bonsu, B. A., & Helbrecht, I. (2025). Resisting wetland gentrification in African cities. Nature Cities, 2(4), 268–270. h...
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Open Data in the Age of Generative AI
In recent decades nations around the world have begun to open up significant amounts of the non-personal data they generate, gather and hold.
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In the Skin of the City: Spatial Transformation in Luanda
Tomás, António. 2022. In the Skin of the City: Spatial Transformation in Luanda. Duke University Press. https://www.dukeupress.edu/in-the-sk...
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Future-proofing health and health-proofing the future of cities
Oni, Tolullah. 2020. Future-proofing health and health-proofing the future of cities. Nature Medicine, 26(3), 304–304. https://doi.org/10.10...
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Health through human settlements: Investigating policymakers’ perceptions of human settlement action for population health improvement in urban South Africa
Weimann, Amy, Noxolo Kabane, Tracy Jooste, Anthony Hawkridge, Warren Smit and Tolu Oni. 2020. Health through human settlements: Investigatin...
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Urban States: The Presidency and Planning in Luanda, Angola
Gastrow, Claudia. 2020. Urban States: The Presidency and Planning in Luanda, Angola. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 1...
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Mobility solutions as a South African urban integrator: the Adam Tas Corridor test-bed case
Development planning for the Adam Tas Corridor in Stellenbosch has been undertaken by a multidisciplinary group, including local and provincial planning authorities, urban developers, transport specialists and various Stellenbosch based interested and affected parties, including STIAS, Stellenbosch University and a number of Stellenbosch based businesses.
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Urban Health Education: Global Challenges and Opportunities
Corburn, Jason, Blaise Nguendo-Yongsi, Waleska Teixeira Caiaffa, Tolu Oni and Gerard Salem. 2019. Urban Health Education: Global Challenges ...
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Africa’s Urban Revolution
Susan Parnell and Edgar Pieterse (Editors). 2014. Africa’s Urban Revolution. Zed Books (London & New York, x + 309 pp). ISBN: 978-1-78-03252...
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Managing cities and resolving conflicts: Local people’s attitudes towards urban planning in Kumasi, Ghana
Cobbinah, Patrick B. 2017. Managing cities and resolving conflicts: Local people’s attitudes towards urban planning in Kumasi, Ghana. Land U...
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Locating the role of urbanites in solid waste management in Ghana
Cobbinah, Patrick B., Michael Addaney and Kwasi Osei Agyeman. 2017. Locating the role of urbanites in solid waste management in Ghana. Envir...
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Negotiated resilience
Harris, Leila M., Eric K. Chu & Gina Ziervogel. 2018. Negotiated resilience, Resilience, 6:3, 196-214, DOI: 10.1080/21693293.2017.1353196
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Adam Tas Corridor - unlocking the regeneration and transformation of Stellenbosch
This project applies the principles of massive small urban system change to the Adam Tas Corridor, an area in the city of Stellenbosch that comprises 400 ha along two intersecting transport routes.
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Re-Urbanism in Africa: Building Master-planned, Holistically-designed Satellite Cities
Large-scale property developers have recently embarked on a far-reaching strategy designed to reshape the existing spatial configuration of many cities in Africa.
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Planning the new, better city –Fear and safety in policy and practice
Kiruna, the northernmost city in Sweden, is constructed around a classic industrial source of production – the prosperous mine.
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3D Print a House for Development (3D - H - 4D): Prototyping Climate Change Adaptation in African Urban Planning
The news that a Chinese company has successfully 3D printed ten houses in 24 hours rapidly, cheaply and with a bare-bones workforce offers a window into the future for sustainable development in Africa’s urban planning.