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Astrid R.N. Haas, University of Toronto Kampala, the Ugandan capital where I live, is naturally the city I have studied and worked on the most as an urban ec

At the start of the 2000s, Addis Ababa, Kampala and Kigali were some of the least urbanised cities in the region. And, for different reasons, they didn’t

Book explains why attempting to supplant models from urban development elsewhere, including “best practices”, will not work

East African cities Kampala in Uganda, Addis Ababa in Ethiopia, and Kigali, the capital of Rwanda are fast changing.

If you aren’t feeling patriotic, stay out of Grand Lake this week because the 11th annual Grand Lake U.S. Constitution Week celebration is underway. With 11 speakers, fireworks, a flyover, live music, a park dedication...

The Whitlock Building in downtown Syracuse did not use any fossil fuels in its renovation and continues to operate on clean energy.

Feb 23, 2022 // There is now a resounding call for African cities to engage directly with geopolitical processes. In addressing this call, we must consider what we mean by ‘African cities’ and what sorts of political maneuvering we are expecting of them, writes Liza Rose Cirolia of the African Centre for Cities.

According to the Political Economy of Public Transport in Greater Kampala study, traffic jams and congestion in Greater Kampala are some of the most significant concerns when it comes to everyday...

In the past two decades, an alarming number of people worldwide have had to abandon their homes and livelihoods in the face of civil conflict, natural or economic disasters or other threats. Because they do not cross an international border, they are considered ‘Internally Displaced People’ (IDPs) and not refugees. The Boko Haram conflict in Borno State, Nigeria, which began in the early 2000’s has taken the lives of more than 20,000 people and displaced in excess of 2 million people. Man...