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The Role of a Spatial ‘Civic Science’ in Repositioning Scientific Expert Knowledge in Society: A Case from South Africa

"Participatory spatial knowledge can provide a means for greater inclusion, empowerment and accountability in urban development processes and for the creation of a more resilient city" argues Dianne Scott in the new Chance2Sustain opinion piece.

 

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Chance2Sustain is a research project examining how governments and citizens in Indian, South African, Peruvian and Brazilian cities with differing patterns of urban economic growth make use of participatory (or integrated) spatial knowledge management to direct urban governance towards more sustainable development. Read more

19 - 22 September 2011 : The Chance2Sustain team presented the project at the EADI-DSA 2011 Conference in York. Read more.

 

The first Chance2Sustain project event took place during the ICLEI Resiliant Cities Congress.

 


Chance2Sustain compara 10 ciudades de diferente tamaño y tipo de economía en cuatro países (India, Sudáfrica, Brasil y Perú), todos ellos lideran ciertos aspectos del desarrollo urbano sostenible.  Las ciudades están localizadas en países que tenían tasas de crecimiento económico de moderado a alto  antes de la crisis mundial, y la mayoría de las ciudades tuvieron en la década anterior tasas de  crecimiento urbano de moderado a alto. 

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Chance2Sustain Dissemination Meeting 2011 in York

 

The Chance2Sustain team met on September 2011 in York to present the latest findings on Reconfiguring the Fast Growing City: Exploring the Interaction between Urban Governance, Mega-Projects and Settlement Dynamics in Cases from India and South Africa. Read more about the panel and Chance2Sustain presentations.

Water Governance Key Approaches: An Analytical Framework

By Liliana Miranda , Michaela Hordijk , Rommy K. Torres Molina

September 2011

 

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Publications on urbanisation (by EADI members)