Kisumu’s Fourth Migration
Back in the 1920s when the planning profession was still in its infancy, thesprawl being as a result of the railroad and not the automobile that came to be the dominant causal factor of urban sprawl in cities globallylater, Lewis Mumford predicted how the fourth migration would define the new growth of cities where people … Continue reading
Who will plan Africa’s cities? By Vanessa Watson and Babatunde Agbola
Africa’s cities are growing – and changing – rapidly. Without appropriate planning, they will become increasingly chaotic, inefficient and unsustainable. In many countries, planning legislation dates back to the colonial era. It is ill-equipped to deal with contemporary urban problems. A shortage of urban planning and management professionals trained to respond to urban complexity with … Continue reading
PRAGMATIC URBANISM 