HomeUurban governance and spatial planning in Africa
Published on Monday, October 28, 2024
Abstract
The Session explores recent developments and innovations in spatial planning in African countries. It includes theoretical and empirical contributions.
Announcement
Association Annual Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting, 24 - 28 March 2025, Detroit, Mich., USA
Session Organizer & Chair
Carlos Nunes Silva (Lisbon, Portugal)
Presentation
Virtual Session
The Session explores recent developments and innovations in spatial planning in African countries. It includes theoretical and empirical contributions addressing, but not limited to, the following issues:
- Spatial planning systems: structure, tools, practices
- Spatial planning and informal urbanization
- Spatial Planning and Social Housing
- Urban land policy and spatial planning
- Citizen participation in urban planning
- The role of local government in spatial planning
- Spatial planning in Metropolitan Areas
We are also interested in hearing about historical accounts of urban planning in Africa, in both colonial and post-colonial periods.
The Session comprises country and cross-country studies, as well as individual and comparative studies of cities in Africa. This can be either standard academic research or firsthand presentations by academics, planners or policy makers engaged in developing innovative modes of urban/spatial planning in African countries.
The Session is supported by the 'African Urban Planning Research Network' (AUPRN).
The Session is sponsored by the AAG Africa Specialty Group, AAG Development Geographies Specialty Group, and AAG Urban Geography Specialty Group.
Submission guidelines
Abstracts by members of the 'African Urban Planning Research Network' (AUPRN), as well as from anyone with a relevant contribution in this field, are welcome. The Session is an opportunity for those interested on these issues to share their work and experiences.
It is expected the inclusion of a selection of the papers in a special issue planned to be published in the journal Planning Perspectives. Papers will undergo the standard double blind peer review process of the journal.
Please send a 200 words abstract to Carlos Nunes Silva (cnsulisboa@gmail.com)
no later than October 25th.
The AAG abstract submission deadline is October 31th.
Inquiries should be sent, by e-mail, to: Carlos Nunes Silva (Lisbon, Portugal): cnsulisboa@gmail.com
Subjects
- Africa (Main category)
- Zones and regions > Africa > North Africa
- Society > Geography > Urban geography
- Periods > Modern > Twentieth century
- Zones and regions > Africa > Sub-Saharan Africa
- Periods > Modern > Twenty-first century
- Society > Urban studies
- Society > Geography > Geography: society and territory
Event attendance modalities
Full online event
Date(s)
- Thursday, October 31, 2024
Keywords
- Urban Governance, Spatial Planning, Africa
Contact(s)
- Carlos Nunes Silva
courriel : cnsulisboa [at] gmail [dot] com
Information source
- Carlos Nunes Silva
courriel : cnsulisboa [at] gmail [dot] com
License
This announcement is licensed under the terms of Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal.
To cite this announcement
« Uurban governance and spatial planning in Africa », Call for papers, Calenda, Published on Monday, October 28, 2024, https://doi.org/10.58079/12l14