Sub-Saharan Africa is often considered to be the last global macro-region in the world to go through a rapid urbanization process, leading to the majority of the population living in cities and towns. Despite common misunderstandings to the contrary, the urbanization process in this region has historic roots, and although this has accelerated in the post-colonial era, it continues to display distinctive spaces and forms due to particular political, economic, social, and cultural contexts. This book explores the features of recent urbanization in sub-Saharan Africa through a remarkably detailed and wide-ranging case study of Mozambique's capital city Maputo, including longitudinal physical and socio-economic factors as well as an ethnographic inquiry into cultural attitudes. The findings of this study reflect not only the weakness of state capacity in the region in urban intervention, but also the continued basis for urban development activity by residents, in social and economic terms as well as the importance of culturally constructed identities and social relations. Maputo and cities like it are very much a collective "urban" in the making - and the final form that they take remains to be seen in terms of urbanism and urbanity
From London's cholera outbreak to the siege of Frankfurt, this article brings you the work of the earliest data gurus, who charted not just geographical details but trends and tragedies in some of the world's cities.
Dublinked is a unique initiative between Dublin’s Local Authorities and National University of Ireland Maynooth. This new regional data sharing initiative sees previously unreleased public operational data being made available online for others to research or reuse. All datasets are detailed on the Dublinked Datastore, ranging from planning, transport, environment, arts, culture and heritage. Looking, for data or provide data?, simply get in touch via Data Request or email.
Education Cities – Vision
An Education City perceives the education system as an essential instrument for a citywide development, and the city as a central instrument in the education system’s development.
The city as one big school – An education city is a social educational network, a tangible network focused on the realization and development of both the individual and the city.
The Narrative & the local language – An education city authors a Narrative and develops a Language and a local way of life, all of which is founded on local strengths and leverage future development avenues.
Innovation – An education city is a central platform for linking the city to approaches of educational, urban and technological innovation, suited for the 21st century.
The art of collaborations – The process that takes
place in an education city is dynamic and inspirational. Similarly to artwork, it weaves collaborations and gives rise to unique projects of the city’s people and various active organizations. As a result, a city climate characterized by social, local and environmental responsibility is generated.
This catalog supplies many sets of public data produced by City agencies. The data sets are available in a variety of machine-readable formats and are updated often.
NNIP's the Urban Institute’s Guide to Online Data Visualization Resources—our effort to help you keep track of the fast-moving world of data-related web sites. Our focus is on tools and data that help users measure various aspects of community well-being, including demographic, social, housing, and economic indicators.
The British Historic Towns Atlas project prepares and publishes atlases and maps of Britain’s towns and cities showing their historical development. The atlases cover a wide range of towns and cities, from smaller places such as Banbury and Caernarfon, to larger cities, such as Nottingham, Bristol, Glasgow and London.