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Development and Planning in African Cities

Exploring theories, policies and practices from Sierra Leone

Andrea Rigon, Joseph Mustapha Macarthy, and Alexander S

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What is development? What is planning?
Normative crosscutting lenses: spatial justice and social diversity
Urban change and the evolution of planning
Diversity of meanings, values and functions of urban land
Formal and informal urban land markets and tenure systems
What are urban informalities? Economic and spatial dimensions of informality
Devolution of powers and fiscal autonomy
Scales: city-level, metropolitan, regional
Participatory planning (planning from below)
Understanding urban risk and coping/adaptation strategies
Urban health
Co-production of urban infrastructures.

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12 hours

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UCL (University College London)

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Andrea Rigon

Joseph Mustapha Macarthy

Alexander S

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