This course teached the basics of urban planning in Africa through technical, environmental, social and economical dimensions.
It focuses on African cities only. Although, they exemplify well cities in the Global South, and potentially all cities, we will make the African context highly topical.
The course is provided by the Urban and Regional community at the Swiss Federal Insitute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL). More information can be found here https://ceat.epfl.ch/
The state of urbanized zones. What are the big issues and challenges? A first approach to urban planning.
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7 vidéos•Total 68 minutes
Introduction•6 minutes
Urbanization in Africa (Part 1)•13 minutes
Urbanization in Africa (Part 2)•7 minutes
African Cities (Part 1)•8 minutes
African Cities (Part 2)•10 minutes
What is Urban Planning (Part 1)•11 minutes
What is Urban Planning (Part 2)•13 minutes
5 lectures•Total 146 minutes
On the programme this week•1 minute
State of African Cities (Urban Transition)•60 minutes
Bibliography•10 minutes
Compulsory reading•45 minutes
Compulsory reading•30 minutes
1 devoir•Total 30 minutes
Video Quiz #1•30 minutes
2 sujets de discussion•Total 30 minutes
An Initial Question to Debate•15 minutes
A Discussion About Urban Planning•15 minutes
1 plugin•Total 5 minutes
Your feedback•5 minutes
Introduction to African Cities and Urban Planning (Part 2)
Module 2•3 heures à terminer
Détails du module
Following the first week, we will continue to explore African cities by their issues, the challenges they represent, and the urban models which they are issued.
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5 vidéos•Total 54 minutes
Issues and Challenges (Part 1)•11 minutes
Issues and Challenges (Part 2)•13 minutes
Which Model For Which City? (Part 1)•12 minutes
Which Model for Which City? (Part 2)•13 minutes
The Forms of Urbanization•5 minutes
3 lectures•Total 50 minutes
Weekly programme•10 minutes
Compulsory reading•30 minutes
Compulsory reading•10 minutes
1 devoir•Total 30 minutes
Video Quiz #2•30 minutes
1 évaluation par les pairs•Total 60 minutes
Capturing issues of the city through images•60 minutes
1 sujet de discussion•Total 10 minutes
Debate Question of the Week•10 minutes
1 plugin•Total 5 minutes
Your feedback•5 minutes
Urban Themes
Module 3•3 heures à terminer
Détails du module
Urban planning relies on tools in order to organize transportation, amenities, spaces, and housing. The result is a channeling of urban forms.
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5 vidéos•Total 48 minutes
Globalization and Cities•10 minutes
Sustainable Urban Development•10 minutes
Climate Change•12 minutes
Urban Environment•5 minutes
Transportation and Mobility•11 minutes
4 lectures•Total 100 minutes
Weekly programme•10 minutes
Compulsory reading on global cities•25 minutes
Compulsory reading on climate change•20 minutes
Compulsory reading on mobility•45 minutes
1 devoir•Total 30 minutes
Video Quiz #3•30 minutes
1 sujet de discussion•Total 10 minutes
Discussion of the Week•10 minutes
1 plugin•Total 5 minutes
Your feedback•5 minutes
Urban Functions
Module 4•3 heures à terminer
Détails du module
Here we will learn to establish subdivisions step by step.
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4 vidéos•Total 61 minutes
Urban Amenities•22 minutes
Land Issues•8 minutes
Public Spaces•13 minutes
Habitat•19 minutes
3 lectures•Total 100 minutes
Weekly programme•10 minutes
Compulsory reading•60 minutes
Compulsory reading•30 minutes
1 devoir•Total 30 minutes
Video Quiz #4•30 minutes
1 sujet de discussion•Total 10 minutes
Discussion of the Week•10 minutes
1 plugin•Total 5 minutes
Your feedback•5 minutes
Urban Planning and its Tools
Module 5•3 heures à terminer
Détails du module
Cities finance themselves; They require resources which are acquired through diverse means.
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7 vidéos•Total 78 minutes
Urban sprawl•7 minutes
Urban Professions•7 minutes
History of urban planning•11 minutes
What is Urban Planning?•16 minutes
Strategic Urban Planning•15 minutes
The Plan's Limits•13 minutes
Case study: Nouakchott•10 minutes
2 lectures•Total 40 minutes
Weekly programme•10 minutes
Compulsory reading•30 minutes
1 devoir•Total 30 minutes
Video Quiz #5•30 minutes
2 sujets de discussion•Total 20 minutes
Discussion of the Week•10 minutes
2nd Discussion of the Week•10 minutes
1 plugin•Total 5 minutes
Your feedback•5 minutes
The Future of Cities, or How to Plan?
Module 6•3 heures à terminer
Détails du module
Combating climate change and changing our manners of making the city
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7 vidéos•Total 72 minutes
Critical reading•20 minutes
The 10 Basic Principles•9 minutes
The Urban Form•12 minutes
Accessibility and Mobility•12 minutes
Infrastructures•7 minutes
Urban agriculture•6 minutes
Climate change•6 minutes
3 lectures•Total 60 minutes
Weekly programme•10 minutes
Compulsory reading n°1•30 minutes
Compulsory reading n°2•20 minutes
1 devoir•Total 30 minutes
Video Quiz #6•30 minutes
1 sujet de discussion•Total 10 minutes
Discussion of the Week•10 minutes
1 plugin•Total 5 minutes
Your feedback•5 minutes
Tool and Methods
Module 7•3 heures à terminer
Détails du module
Governing contemporary African cities
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5 vidéos•Total 45 minutes
The Tools of Urban Planning•9 minutes
The Diagnostic•10 minutes
Basic Data•8 minutes
GIS•9 minutes
Case study: Ndjamena•9 minutes
2 lectures•Total 30 minutes
Weekly programme•10 minutes
Compulsory reading•20 minutes
1 devoir•Total 30 minutes
Video Quiz #7•30 minutes
1 évaluation par les pairs•Total 60 minutes
Critical Review•60 minutes
1 plugin•Total 5 minutes
Your feedback•5 minutes
The Actions of Operational Urbanism : Subdivisions
Module 8•2 heures à terminer
Détails du module
The zones which are the most important in contemporary African cities are subdivisions, so we will dedicate an entire week covering it.
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6 vidéos•Total 71 minutes
Subdivisions•4 minutes
A Few Examples of Subdividing•6 minutes
Basic Principals of Subdivisions•6 minutes
Making Networks Profitable•18 minutes
Subdividing "Step by Step"•34 minutes
Land Tax and Property Investments•3 minutes
2 lectures•Total 30 minutes
Weekly programme•10 minutes
Compulsory reading•20 minutes
1 devoir•Total 30 minutes
Video Quiz #8•30 minutes
1 sujet de discussion•Total 10 minutes
Discussion of the Week•10 minutes
1 plugin•Total 5 minutes
Your feedback•5 minutes
The Actions of Operational Urbanism: Restructuring and Urban Projects
Module 9•3 heures à terminer
Détails du module
This week, we will plunge into the heart of precarious zones in trying to understand their role in the city.
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4 vidéos•Total 53 minutes
Slums•10 minutes
Precarious Zones: Restructuring•20 minutes
Precarious Zones: Resettlement•9 minutes
Precarious Zones:: The Program of Habitats•14 minutes
2 lectures•Total 55 minutes
Weekly programme•10 minutes
Compulsory reading•45 minutes
1 devoir•Total 30 minutes
Video Quiz #9•30 minutes
1 sujet de discussion•Total 10 minutes
Discussion of the Week•10 minutes
1 plugin•Total 5 minutes
Your feedback•5 minutes
The Costs and Funding of Cities
Module 10•3 heures à terminer
Détails du module
Financing of the city, addressing, and land registry
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4 vidéos•Total 37 minutes
Introduction to City Funding•8 minutes
Planning and Financial Resources•9 minutes
Addressing•14 minutes
Land Registry•6 minutes
3 lectures•Total 85 minutes
Weekly programme•10 minutes
Financing the city•45 minutes
Addressing•30 minutes
1 devoir•Total 30 minutes
Video Quiz #10•30 minutes
1 plugin•Total 5 minutes
Your feedback•5 minutes
Governance: Which Partnerships?
Module 11•2 heures à terminer
Détails du module
This week will be composed of a first part dealing with methodology and a second part on urban governance.
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4 vidéos•Total 43 minutes
Reading Images•18 minutes
Decentralization•7 minutes
Communities•11 minutes
The Approaches of Urban Governance•7 minutes
3 lectures•Total 70 minutes
Weekly programme•10 minutes
Compulsory reading•30 minutes
Compulsory reading•30 minutes
1 devoir
Video Quiz #11•0 minutes
1 sujet de discussion•Total 10 minutes
Discussion of the Week•10 minutes
1 plugin•Total 5 minutes
Your feedback•5 minutes
Conclusions
Module 12•7 heures à terminer
Détails du module
Measuring the real impact of planning on urban functions; Synthesis and reminders; Conclusions
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6 vidéos•Total 88 minutes
Measuring Impact•14 minutes
Synthesis and Conclusions•16 minutes
End of Course•1 minute
Jean Yango•13 minutes
Jean-Claude Bolay•20 minutes
Xavier Ricou•24 minutes
2 lectures•Total 310 minutes
Weekly programme•10 minutes
Course bibliography•300 minutes
1 devoir•Total 30 minutes
Final Quiz•30 minutes
1 plugin•Total 5 minutes
Your feedback•5 minutes
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AS
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Révisé le 26 juin 2020
very tough course to complete specially the last Quiz assignment
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CB
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Révisé le 21 janv. 2021
Très bon cours, il devrait être mis à jour cependant.
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CC
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Révisé le 4 juil. 2020
I really enjoyed this introduction. It was very thorough and productive, giving the course taker good insights and structure on the world of urban planning particularly in the global south.
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