6 min. read The recently released IPCC Sixth Assessment Report: Climate Change 2022 (AR6) echoes the growing concern of risks … More
Tag: Global South
Centering a critical urban geography of disaster-prone areas
8 min. read Natural disasters are often identified in the parlance as ‘acts of God’, and their human victims, as … More
In memory of Prof. Vanessa Watson
From the AESOP YA we want to share this article by African Centre for Cities (ACC) Director Edgar Pieterse, and … More
How can colour contribute to fostering urban justice?
14 min. read A summary examining the potential of so-called “placemaking” interventions in terms of strengthening urban justice, using the … More
Call for Contributions – Urban Issues of the Global South
1 min. read In our goal to increase visibility for urban planning issues and urban studies in general in the Global South, we … More
Urban Mobility and the Colombian experience: Institutional Failure, Informality and Autonomy.
7 min. read. We continue with our series on themes from the global South, with a short article by our … More
AESOP Conversations in Planning – Special Issue: Planning Practices and Theories from the Global South
4 min. read + videos Building upon our previous editorial on the Conversations in Planning booklet series focused on a … More
Perspectives from the Global South: AESOP Booklet on Prof. Vanessa Watson
8 min. read Increasingly, the issue of cities in the global south has gained more attention within urban studies and … More
Open Defecation: A Coda of Geospatial differentiation by British India?
Swacch Bharat? A pan India mission launched with political support at the centre is a novel effort. But to eradicate open defecation from a society whose foundation is still influenced by Manu Smriti, sanitation pipes need to be dug deep.
Critical thinking on smartness, service providing and technology: YA sessions at UTC Palermo
Guest author: Dezsö Vajtho, Utrecht University, MSc Sustainable Development (LinkedIN). This post is a report from the two sessions organized by … More