CfP 2025 AAG Annual Meeting | Urban governance and spatial planning in Africa
Association Annual Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting, 24 – 28 March 2025, Detroit, Mich., USA.
The AAG abstract submission deadline is October 31th.
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:
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Spatial planning systems: structure, tools, practices
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Spatial planning and informal urbanization
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Spatial Planning and Social Housing
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Urban land policy and spatial planning
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Citizen participation in urban planning
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The role of local government in spatial planning
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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. […]
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RAFID (28 octobre 2024). CfP 2025 AAG Annual Meeting | Urban governance and spatial planning in Africa. RAFID. Consulté le 19 février 2025 à l’adresse https://doi.org/10.58079/12l3t