Universal Lessons from an African Urbanist
Presentation of the book "Alioune Badiane, a Man of the Future" in Global Urban Think Tank.
https://www.urbanistes.info/alioune-badiane-a-man-of-the-future-an-essential-book/
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01/05/2021 19:31
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01/04/2021 00:00
Joe Biden $2tn infrastructure plan
Joe Biden unveiled his plan to plough $2tn in government spending into US infrastructure alongside $2tn in higher corporate taxes, as the first stage of a multitrillion-dollar effort to reshape the world’s largest economy over the next 8 years. The US President made the announcement in Pittsburgh,...
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29/10/2020 20:00
Electionitis in Africa
A terrible virus is spreading out in Africa
In October 2020 several African countries (Guinea, Tanzania, Cote d'Ivoire) have organized Presidential elections which share common features. DRC and Burundi and several other countries went through the same process recently. They are all affected by a...
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06/10/2020 21:30
Shifting Paradigms in Urbanism
The 2nd Urban Economy Forum (UEF) was held virtually from Toronto, Canada, on 5-6 October 2020. Daniel Biau was invited to contribute to a session on urban transformations that might be accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic. His paper identifies eleven “shifting paradigms” which are likely to have...
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31/05/2020 10:00
Prefiguring the Future of Democracy
A worldwide survey carried out by the University of Cambridge’s Centre for the Future of Democracy revealed that the proportion of the global population that was dissatisfied with democracy reached 58% in 2019. At the time of the publication of this study, I had just read three stimulating...
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30/05/2020 10:00
Préfigurer l'avenir de la démocratie
Une enquête mondiale, réalisée par le Centre for the Future of Democracy de l'Université de Cambridge, a révélé que la proportion de la population mondiale insatisfaite de la démocratie atteignait 58 % en 2019. Au moment de la publication de cette étude, je venais de lire trois livres...
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24/05/2020 09:01
Les défis urbains du Post-COVID-19 en Afrique
Que signifie la pandémie du Covid-19 pour la région dont l’urbanisation est la plus rapide du monde, l’Afrique ?
Les gouvernements et les citoyens africains sont aujourd’hui confrontés aux risques posés par la pandémie, notamment dans les quartiers spontanés, foyers potentiels de...
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24/05/2020 09:00
The Post-COVID-19 Urban Challenges in Africa
COVID-19 is very much an urban disease. What does this mean for the world’s fastest urbanizing region, Africa?
African governments and citizens are today facing head-on the risks posed by the pandemic in African cities (slums as potential transmission hotbeds) as well as the consequences (reduction...
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01/04/2020 00:01
Towards Sustainable African Cities
In the aftermath of the 10th session of the World Urban Forum (WUF10), held in Abu Dhabi on 8-13 February 2020, Daniel Biau was interviewed by the President of “Urbanistes sans Frontières” (Urbanists without Borders) and Founder of Global Urban Think Tank, Maggie Cazal, regarding the evolution of...
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01/04/2020 00:00
Vers des Villes Africaines Durables
Au lendemain de la 10eme session du Forum Urbain Mondial (FUM10), qui s’est tenue à Abu Dhabi du 8 au 13 février 2020, Daniel Biau a été interviewé par la Présidente d’Urbanistes sans Frontières et Fondatrice du Global Urban Think Tank, Maggie Cazal, à propos de l’évolution des idées sur les défis...
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