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.
State of African Cities (Urban Transition)•60 minutes
Bibliography•10 minutes
Compulsory reading•45 minutes
Compulsory reading•30 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
Video Quiz #1•30 minutes
2 discussion prompts•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 hours to complete
Module details
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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Reviewed on Apr 10, 2021
How to front real problems with uncertainty. Please highly recommended to follow all 4 courses series. Please when are you going to publish next series with smart cities and other issues?
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Reviewed on Jan 21, 2021
Très bon cours, il devrait être mis à jour cependant.
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Reviewed on Jul 4, 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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