Korogocho Streetscapes
| Author | : Maria Höök |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 146 |
| Release | : 2012 |
| Genre | : Infrastructure (Economics) |
| ISBN | : |
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Co-teaching and co-research in contexts of inequality
| Author | : Phindile Zifikile Shangase |
| Publisher | : Vernon Press |
| Total Pages | : 311 |
| Release | : 2023-05-09 |
| Genre | : Education |
| ISBN | : 1648896855 |
There has been a recent surge of interest in the concept of co-teaching and co-research across institutions of HE locally and globally, as a response to limited international mobility due to COVID-19. We see co-teaching and co-research as teaching and research that connects educators and learners across different institutions and different contexts, be it across South Africa, Africa or the world. Co-teaching and co-research is linked in this book to the term ‘networked learning’, following the Networked Learning Editorial Collective’s emphasis on relationships and collaboration rather than technology and foregrounding our strong commitment to social justice. Our collective experiences have shown that co-teaching and co-research are not easy endeavours, especially when they involve differently positioned and differently resourced contexts, students and academics. While these collaborations are enriching and exciting, they need careful support, preparation and time for sustained relationship building – topics that we find are not necessarily discussed in the literature around co-teaching and co-research. This book is an attempt towards closing this gap in knowledge by providing a range of chapters documenting personal experiences of academics and practitioners engaging in co-teaching and co-research across the African continent and beyond, facilitated by various networked learning tools and technologies. Framed by a spirit of sharing and connection, the book provides insights into the benefits and challenges of such collaborations, affordances of technologies to bridge unequal divides, emerging practices of continental collaboration and beyond. Additionally, the book provides an unusually honest and nuanced view on co-teaching and co-research across contexts of inequalities, foregrounding relationship- and community-building rather than technology and emphasising the importance of sustained connection and reflection in these collaborations. Applying a wide range of critical theoretical frameworks, these evidence-based but also reflective and reflexive contributions are a unique and important reminder that behind and through our screens, we connect as humans who yearn to learn from each other, but also need to learn how to learn from each other, when we do not share the same world views.
Cities as Sustainable Ecosystems
| Author | : Peter Newman |
| Publisher | : Island Press |
| Total Pages | : 297 |
| Release | : 2012-09-26 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : 1597267473 |
Modern city dwellers are largely detached from the environmental effects of their daily lives. The sources of the water they drink, the food they eat, and the energy they consume are all but invisible, often coming from other continents, and their waste ends up in places beyond their city boundaries. Cities as Sustainable Ecosystems shows how cities and their residents can begin to reintegrate into their bioregional environment, and how cities themselves can be planned with nature’s organizing principles in mind. Taking cues from living systems for sustainability strategies, Newman and Jennings reassess urban design by exploring flows of energy, materials, and information, along with the interactions between human and non-human parts of the system. Drawing on examples from all corners of the world, the authors explore natural patterns and processes that cities can emulate in order to move toward sustainability. Some cities have adopted simple strategies such as harvesting rainwater, greening roofs, and producing renewable energy. Others have created biodiversity parks for endangered species, community gardens that support a connection to their foodshed, and pedestrian-friendly spaces that encourage walking and cycling. A powerful model for urban redevelopment, Cities as Sustainable Ecosystems describes aspects of urban ecosystems from the visioning process to achieving economic security to fostering a sense of place.
Global Street Design Guide
| Author | : Global Designing Cities Initiative |
| Publisher | : Island Press |
| Total Pages | : 425 |
| Release | : 2016-10-13 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : 1610917014 |
The Global Street Design Guide is a timely resource that sets a global baseline for designing streets and public spaces and redefines the role of streets in a rapidly urbanizing world. The guide will broaden how to measure the success of urban streets to include: access, safety, mobility for all users, environmental quality, economic benefit, public health, and overall quality of life. The first-ever worldwide standards for designing city streets and prioritizing safety, pedestrians, transit, and sustainable mobility are presented in the guide. Participating experts from global cities have helped to develop the principles that organize the guide. The Global Street Design Guide builds off the successful tools and tactics defined in NACTO's Urban Street Design Guide and Urban Bikeway Design Guide while addressing a variety of street typologies and design elements found in various contexts around the world.
The City Makers of Nairobi
| Author | : Anders Ese |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 205 |
| Release | : 2020-07-21 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : 1000096777 |
The City Makers of Nairobi re-examines the history of the urban development of Nairobi in the colonial period. Although Nairobi was a colonial construct with lasting negative repercussions, the African population’s impact on its history and development is often overlooked. This book shows how Africans took an active part in making use of the city and creating it, and how they were far from being subjects in the development of a European colonial city. This re-interpretation of Nairobi’s history suggests that the post-colonial city is the result of more than unjust and segregative colonial planning. Merging historical documentation with extensive contemporary urban theory, this book provides in-depth knowledge of the key historical roles played by locals in the development of their city. It argues that the idea of agency, a popular inroad to urban development today, is not a current phenomenon but one that has always existed with its many social, spatial, and physical ramifications. This is an ideal read for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students studying the history of urban development and theories, providing an in-depth case study for reference. The City Makers of Nairobi broaches interdisciplinary themes important to urban planners, social scientists, historians, and those working with popular settlements in cities across the world.
Recontextualising Geography in Education
| Author | : Mary Fargher |
| Publisher | : Springer Nature |
| Total Pages | : 189 |
| Release | : 2021-11-10 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 3030737225 |
In this book international geography educators discuss the ways in which geographical knowledge is recontextualised in schools and consider effective approaches to facilitate, improve and advance geography education in research and practice. It addresses key topics in recontextualising geography such as the epistemic relationships between the university discipline and the school subject, designing and evaluating the geography curriculum, the role of students in the transformation of knowledge in the classroom and selecting and transforming geographical content knowledge for the primary school curriculum. At an international level, the contributors and editors bring together an advanced collection of research and discussion surrounding the opportunities and challenges of recontextualising geography in education. The book is of interest to geography educators internationally, including academics at universities, teachers in schools, and professional geographers with an interest in education.
Reconsidering Informality
| Author | : Karen Tranberg Hansen |
| Publisher | : Nordic Africa Institute |
| Total Pages | : 240 |
| Release | : 2004 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 9789171065186 |
This book brings together two bodies of research on urban Africa that have tended to be separate, studies of urban land use and housing and studies of work and livelihoods. Africa's future will be increasingly urban, and the inherited legal, institutional and financial arrangements for managing urban development are inadequate. Access to employment, shelter and services is precarious for most urban residents. The result is the phenomenal growth of the informal city. Extra-legal housing and unregistered economic activities proliferate and basic urban services are increasingly provided informally. Recent decades of neo-liberal political and economic reforms have increased social inequality across urban space. After an introductory chapter by the editors, the contributions are grouped into the following sections: - LOCALITY, PLACE, AND SPACE - ECONOMY, WORK, AND LIVELIHOODS - LAND, HOUSING, AND PLANNING The case studies are drawn from a diverse set of cities on the African continent. A central theme is how practices that from an official standpoint are illegal or extra-legal do not only work but are considered legitimate by the actors concerned. Another is how the informal city is not exclusively the domain of the poor, but also provides shelter and livelihoods for better-off segments of the urban population.
The Culture of Violence
| Author | : United Nations University |
| Publisher | : United Nations University Press |
| Total Pages | : 299 |
| Release | : 1994 |
| Genre | : Civil war |
| ISBN | : 9280808664 |
. These essays will provide new insights and focus for understanding internal violence and its cultural connections to a broad audience of scholars, policy makers, and students of international politics and culture.
Inner-city Renewal in Addis Ababa
| Author | : Ashenafi Gossaye |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 332 |
| Release | : 2008-10-01 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : 9783639088069 |
Inner-city Renewal in Addis Ababa, based on case studies, examines the impact of inner-city renewal and resettlement on the socio-economic and housing conditions of low-income residents. It analyzes the causes of the widespread deterioration and decay of inner-city residential neighborhoods, describes the conflicting interests, and examines the explicit and implicit public-sector interventions. The study concludes that it is only with a more process oriented and participatory approach that inner-city renewal can benefit the whole community and be used as vehicle to create sustainable quality of living environment in which people could improve their economic and social position according to their own capacities. It calls on planners, architects and other professionals to act as educators and enablers, in helping people to articulate their needs through the renewal of their urban environment. This book is important for all professionals, postgraduate students and researchers working in the field of urban development policy, planning and management.
Witchcraft, Violence, and Democracy in South Africa
| Author | : Adam Ashforth |
| Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
| Total Pages | : 434 |
| Release | : 2005-01-15 |
| Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
| ISBN | : 9780226029733 |
Large numbers of people in Soweto & other parts of South Africa live in fear of witchcraft, presenting complex & unique problems for the government. Adam Ashforth explores the challenge of occult violence & the spiritual insecurity that it engenders to democratic rule in South Africa.
