SAMSET Project

Supporting African Municipalities in Sustainable Energy Transitions

[Hooman Foroughmand A @Hooman_araabi]

Excellent paper!
"The social cleansing of London council estates: everyday experiences of ‘accumulative dispossession’ "https://t.co/JXlAzM02sf
@LorettaCLees

[CITY OF ACCRA @AccraMetropolis]

AMA REGISTERS 472 ‘BORLA TAXI’ OPERATORS

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) in pursuit of the ‘Clean Accra Project’ has so far registered 472 Private Waste Collectors popularly called ‘Borla Taxis’ who... https://t.co/EaAZBWMXpf

[SLURC @SLURC_FT]

Why not start 2019 by expanding your knowledge of development and planning in African cities: join our #MOOC! It's free, and launches on 21st Jan. Sign up now! https://t.co/om5DBqicny

@dpu_ucl @BartlettUCL @nusierraleone @UCLopenaccess @FutureLearn @BritishCouncil

[SAMSET Project @SAMSETProject]

“The 100 million city: Is 21st century urbanisation out of control?”: Guardian, March 2018 https://t.co/QY6rDuS9Q8 #urban #cities #growth #urbanisation #population #challenge

[SAMSET Project @SAMSETProject]

World Bank Report “Changing the Environmental Trajectory to Build Sustainable Cities in Africa” offers insight into challenges inherent in modern building practices in Sub-Saharan Africa https://t.co/sGMm1ryylZ #urban #cities #Africa #climatechange #buildings

[SAMSET Project @SAMSETProject]

Lessons for Cities on the Rise: can participatory urban governance ideas from developed countries be implemented in developing municipalities? https://t.co/8NWZWc9pxw #urban #cities #developingcountries #participatory #governance

[SAMSET Project @SAMSETProject]

Global Covenant of Mayors report highlights the co-benefits of urban climate policies for economic growth, job creation and public health https://t.co/FIJm2HiEPS #urban #cities #economic #growth #publichealth

[SAMSET Project @SAMSETProject]

Johannesburg continuing to develop urban rooftop farming projects https://t.co/EhFbQCezcx #urban #greening #cooling #greenroofs #climatechange

[LSE Cities @LSECities]

Daily commuting time increase from 1990 to 2015:

#MexicoCity
92 >>> 136 minutes

#Shanghai
74 >>> 102 minutes

Conflicts of an @UrbanAge_ #exhibition at @ArupPhase2 explores how #cities across the world have changed in the last 25 years.

#UrbanAge
https://t.co/jII5oe3JOo

[Economic and Social Research Council @ESRC]

Ethnic minority retailers boost deprived neighbourhoods, shows @LSECities research https://t.co/qG0JqjGlwS @SuzanneHall12 @fsb_policy

[Global Covenant @Mayors4Climate]

4 South African 🇿🇦 #cities have committed to making all new buildings zero carbon. Find out, how our partner @c40cities is helping South African cities to achieve this goal 👉: https://t.co/iV1lwZ3aUs

[SAMSET Project @SAMSETProject]

Sustainable urban transport trends: Bikeshare schemes on the rise globally https://t.co/mjWUQI8x5n #sustainable #urban #transport #cycling #publichealth #airpollution

[CGLU Afrique @UCLGAfrica]

Our #WednesdayMotivation is this #African city that is turning a mountain of trash into energy: https://t.co/klRAl31ysm via @wef #LocalAfrica

[SAMSET Project @SAMSETProject]

African Union close to ratifying new charter on decentralisation, local governance and local development https://t.co/jzFf67btNY #AfricanUnion #decentralisation #localgovernment

[Global Covenant @Mayors4Climate]

Tiny in size 👌, big on impact 🙌. #Climate action requires smart & innovative 💡ideas like this small house 🏠 displayed by @UN. Find out how our research & innovation strategies help #cities to find sustainable infrastructure solutions: https://t.co/zS5NO9HxCd #Innovate4Cities

[SAMSET Project @SAMSETProject]

Three Big Ideas to achieve sustainable urbanization and sustainable cities https://t.co/fTmlo6zJ1B #WorldBank #sustainable #urbanisation #cities

[SAMSET Project @SAMSETProject]

Ana Falú writes on inclusive urban planning and women’s rights to the city https://t.co/HtzVc6MLdk #gender #rights #inclusive #urbansiation

[David Satterthwaite @Dsatterthwaite]

Blog on the difficulties that aid agencies face in working in informal settlements – the complex politics (who are allies, who are opponents?), the lack of data (no maps, no street names, no household data) – and how to overcome this
https://t.co/5zswUEf42n

[SAMSET Project @SAMSETProject]

SUTP/GIZ publish new handbook on gender responsive and sustainable urban mobility https://t.co/7QB0j87Qs2 #GIZ #SUTP #gender #urbantransport