Abbreviation | AUI |
---|---|
Successor | Glensburg Cities Institute |
Founded | October 2016 |
Type | Urban development think tank |
Purpose | Urban development |
Headquarters | Harare, Zimbabwe |
Area served | Africa |
Membership (2022) | 2 160 |
Key people | |
Subsidiaries | African Urban Associates, African Urban Institute Press |
Affiliations | African Planning Society |
Website | africaurban |
African Urban Institute was a think tank that researched on urban development in Africa. [1] It conducted research in urban development with three thematic areas: sustainable cities, [2] prosperous cities [3] and inclusive cities. [4] Its focus areas include, urban mobility, land use planning, housing, environmental planning and urban governance. [5] Its stated mission is to "Unlock urban development in Africa through better ideas and research." As a non-profit organisation, African Urban Institute describes itself as independent and non-partisan. [6]
African Urban Institute produced a biennial State of African Cities report. [7] It also publishes discussion papers, briefing papers and ViewPoints which are regular commentaries on urban development in Africa. [8] The African Urban Institute Press publishes books and journals from the institute's own research as well as publishing work from other authors. The books include, Dystopia: How the Tyranny of Specialists Fragment African Cities, [9] [10] Cape to Cairo: To Race to Sustainable Urban Transport in Africa. [11]
In 2018 the African Urban Institute established the African Urban Case Studies Initiative, an online repository of urban development case studies across Africa which seek to promote intra-continental policy transfer on urban development. African Urban Institute also convene a biennial Timbuktu Forum on Urban Development, [12] a high-level forum that brings various urban development stakeholders to discuss urban development issues in Africa. Named after the ancient Malian city, Timbuktu, the Timbuktu Fellowship is awarded to early career urban development practitioners as fellows and to senior practitioners as senior fellows. [13] The collaborations of the two seek to promote knowledge exchange between the young generation and the old.
The African Planning Society is the membership organisation of urban planning professionals, civil society members and policymakers that advance planning of cities in Africa. [14] Founded in 2016, formerly as African Urban Community of Practice, it was reorganised as African Planning Society in 2019. With a membership of more than 1,200 planners, [15] the African Planning Society brings together planning professionals and urban development stakeholders across Africa. [16]
Hogan's Alley was the local, unofficial name for Park Lane, an alley that ran through the southwestern corner of Strathcona in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The alley was located between Union and Prior (north–south) and ran from approximately Main Street to Jackson Avenue (west–east). The area was ethnically diverse, populated by Black, Italian, Chinese, Japanese, Jewish, and Indigenous residents during the first six decades of the twentieth century.
Gasabo is a district (akarere) in Kigali city, the capital of Rwanda. The headquarter of Gasabo is located in Remera Sector. The district also includes large areas of the city itself, including Kacyiru, Kimironko, Remera, Nyarutarama and Kimihurura.
The Skoll Foundation is a private foundation based in Palo Alto, California. The foundation makes grants and investments intended to reduce global poverty. Jeffrey Skoll created the foundation in 1999.
Awa Marie Coll-Seck is as Senegalese infectious diseases specialist and politician who served as Minister of Health of Senegal from 2001 to 2003 and again from 2012 to 2017. She also served as former Executive Director of the Roll Back Malaria Partnership and is on the board of directors of several notable global health organizations. She is an agenda contributor of the World Economic Forum.
SymbioCity is a holistic and inclusive approach to sustainable urban planning and development based on the experiences of Swedish municipalities and global best practices. Since 2010, SymbioCity has been used as a supportive tool for cities in different countries around the world with the overall goal to improve living conditions for citizens, with a special emphasis on the urban poor. SymbioCity provides flexible tools and process support for a large variety of assignments - from a single neighbourhood to large-scale regional development projects. SymbioCity supports the development of urban development solutions by making strategic use of synergies, participatory methods and holistic analysis. The process is designed to improve sustainability, synergies between urban systems, involvement of various actors in developing, planning and managing urban areas, alternative development scenarios, impact analysis and evaluation. Through processes, methods and tools, SymbioCity integrates economic, environmental, socio-cultural and spatial dimensions as well as gender and pro-poor perspectives in the urban development. SymbioCity approaches urban development with the belief that processes – and not only technical solutions – gradually move us towards improved living conditions.
The MysoreUrban Development Authority (MUDA) of Mysore, India, is a governmental organization that oversees planning and development of infrastructure, provision of development-related sites and services, and the housing needs of underprivileged citizens in Mysore.
The Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems, or FOKUS, is an organization of the Fraunhofer Society. Headquartered in Berlin (Charlottenburg), the institute is engaged in applied research and development in the field of Information and Communications Technology. The institute is jointly led by Prof. Manfred Hauswirth and Dr. Tom Ritter. Manfred Hauswirth also holds a chair in at the Technische Universität Berlin. Dr. Tom Ritter is the institute's deputy director.
The Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs (Levin) is an accredited college of urban studies, public administration, urban planning, environmental studies, and nonprofit management at Cleveland State University located in Cleveland, Ohio. The Levin College offers undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degrees, as well as professional development programs. Its urban policy research centers and programs provide communities with decision-making tools to address their policy challenges. The Levin College is recognized for offering highly ranked programs in urban policy, local government management, nonprofit management, and public management and leadership.
Olawale Nelson Ogunshakin OBE is a British engineer and businessman. He is currently chief executive officer of the International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC) based in Geneva, Switzerland. He was appointed to the board of Transport for London in September 2016.
Wei Yang FAcSS FRTPI MCIHT is a Chinese-British town planner and urban designer, an author and a scholar. She is the founder of Wei Yang & Partners in London. She is a leading figure in researching, promoting and implementing the 21st Century Garden City approach and promoting joined up thinking between different built and nature environment professionals.
Najwa El Iraki is a Moroccan British business-woman. She is currently the Founder and Managing Partner of AfricaDev Consulting Ltd. Najwa El Iraki is the General Representative in North and West Africa of Lloyd's of London, the world's specialist insurance and reinsurance market, headquartered in London, United Kingdom. She is also the Managing Director for North and West Africa for Opportunity Network since 2017, a worldwide business-matchmaking platform.
Andriy Andriyovych Klochko is a Ukrainian politician and public figure. He served as a People's deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of the IX convocation, elected on the list of the "Servant of the People" party, and is a member of the party "Servant of the People".
The Iconic Tower is a supertall skyscraper in the New Administrative Capital of Egypt. With a total structural height of 393.8 metres (1,292 ft), it is already the tallest building in Africa. It will have 77 floors, mostly for office use, and is one of 20 towers being built as part of the central business district in the new capital city. The total area of the tower exceeds 241,000 m2 (2,590,000 sq ft).
Egypt Vision 2030 is an ambitious national agenda launched in February 2016 by the Egyptian Government and unveiled by the Egyptian president Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi. the vision consists of eight main national goals to be met by 2030 that are in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and the Sustainable Development Strategy for Africa 2063.
Black veganism in the United States is a social and political philosophy that connects the use of non-human animals with other social justice concerns such as racism and with the lasting effects of slavery, such as the subsistence diets of enslaved people enduring as familial and cultural food traditions. Sisters Syl Ko and Aph Ko first proposed the intersectional framework for and coined the term Black veganism. The Institute for Critical Animal Studies called Black veganism an "emerging discipline".
Dr. Judith Ngalande Lungu is a Livestock Production Specialist and seasoned academician with over 30 years of experience in the field, having held various academic positions in various capacities at University of Zambia (UNZA), Mulungushi University, Kwame Nkurumah University and Botswana College of Agriculture.
The African Planning Society (APS) is a professional association representing the field of urban planning in Africa. Its mission is to create African communities that are more prosperous, sustainable, and inclusive.
Quintard Taylor is a historian, founder of BlackPast.org, an online encyclopedia dedicated to provide public with information concerning African American history, and former professor of University of Washington.
Archimedes Muzenda is the Secretary-General of the African Planning Society. Prior to his appointment as the secretary-general in January 2020, he previously served as the director of African Planning Society from January 2019. Archimedes Muzenda is the inaugural holder of the office after it was established following the merger of African Planning Association with African Urban Community of Practice (AUCoP) an initiative of African Urban Institute to form African Planning Society. His mandate as inaugural secretary-general was outlined at the conference of Association of African Planning Schools in Tanzania.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: url-status (link){{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: url-status (link){{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: url-status (link){{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: url-status (link){{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: url-status (link){{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: url-status (link){{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: url-status (link){{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: url-status (link){{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: url-status (link){{cite book}}
: |website=
ignored (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link){{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: url-status (link){{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: url-status (link){{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: url-status (link){{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: url-status (link){{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: url-status (link){{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: url-status (link)