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Urban Neighbourhood Sustainability and Impacts from Covid-19 Workshop 15th-16th of February 2023

The University of Glasgow hosted a two-day long workshop as part of the Centre for…


The Urban Century: Trends and Patterns of Urbanisation in Asia and Africa

Overview The dawn of the twenty-first century unfolded with the world entering the…


Central Business District, Johannesburg, South Africa

City Report: Neighbourhood Characteristics and Inequality in the City of Johannesburg

Overview The School of Governance at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg…


City Report: Neighbourhood Matters in Cape Town

Overview There is mounting evidence from around the world that people’s local…


“Who loses? Who chooses?”: How non-state technical and vocational education and training are regulated in Africa and Asia

Yulia Nesterova and Queralt Capsada-Munsech The new GEM report on non-state actors To develop its…


Huye, Rwanda. Credit: University of Rwanda

Huye: socio-spatial dynamics and neighbourhood patterns in a small city

This study analyses the spatial expansion of Huye city, Rwanda, the resulting neighbourhoods and…


Housing in Delft township, Cape Town, South Africa. Credit: Ivan Turok, Human Sciences Research Council

Picturing Cape Town’s Townships: Sandy Neighbourhoods, Neglected Space and Thriving Enterprise Hotspots

In this picture blog, Ivan Turok explores house building, community development and enterprise…


Central Business District, Kigali, Rwanda. Credit: Gail Wilson

Cities as Platforms for Progress: Local Drivers of Rwanda’s Success

This article was originally published by SAGE publications in ‘Local Economy: The…


Vulnerability in informal settlements, Kigali, Rwanda. Credit: Irfan Shakil, Khulna University, Bangladesh.

Rwanda’s Neighbourhoods: In the Eyes of Two Bangladeshis

In this picture blog, Irfan Shakil and Professor Tanjil Sowgat from the SHLC team in Bangladesh…


Umuganda, Nduba Sector, Gasabo District, Rwanda. Credit: Ministry of Environment - Rwanda.

Rwanda’s Clean CBDs Pique the Interest of South African Leaders

This article was originally published by Business Day (South Africa). All views are the author’s…