Description
Beyond the statistics about urbanization rates and challenges in Africa, there are important conversations to be had about the social, spatial, economic, and environmental changes taking place. Moderated by Javier Arpa Fernández, a panel of experts from both inside and outside the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment explore the rapid transformation of the African built environment in the context of (amongst other pressing issues) climate emergency and the risks it poses, such as desertification, flooding, and food insecurity.Each African country's response to urbanization varies, and it is essential to examine and discuss each context while also reviewing the region-wide dynamics in urbanization. The various forms of urbanization taking place in different African cities signal transitions in processes that manifest in changes at a macroeconomic level, as well as in everyday life shifts, choices, and struggles. The aspirations of states, residents, and private actors, and the push and pull among them, mark the dynamics of the changes happening with cities as platforms.
“BK Africa: A laboratory of the future?" does not intend to treat Africa as a uniform block. Instead, the continent is viewed as a collection of differentiated territories, cultures, histories, and societies. The event aims to explore how everyday lives are understood and reimagined in urbanization processes within and around existing cities. It also seeks to consider what "new cities" in the region should be imagined and emerge out of, and how urban growth can be inclusive, resilient, and grounded in both processes and results.
| Period | 15 Jun 2023 |
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| Event type | Seminar |
| Location | Delft, NetherlandsShow on map |
| Degree of Recognition | Local |