Video, PPTs and photos are now online from the 2015 International Conference on Chinese and African Sustainable Urbanization: A Canadian and International Perspective (ICCASU). The conference took...
It’s easy to see China’s footprint in Africa. On the outskirts of Nairobi, a new highway built by a Chinese firm is crowded with bumper-to-bumper traffic, many of the cars set on tires imported from...
Thesis defense: "Navigating Ethnic Identity in Neighborhoods of Difference in Urumqi, China" by Leah Weiler, MA Candidate, School of International Development and Global Studies, University of Ottawa...
Dr. Mi Zhou presented on "Chinese investment in residential construction in Africa: The role of ABTs" at the 2014 African Union for Housing Finance (AUHF) Conference in Cape Town, South Africa. His...
Africa’s interaction with China is beginning to be marked tellingly by Chinese architectural inscriptions on the African cityscape which need to be deconstructed. The furore in the African...
The need to transform the structure and morphology of South African cities remained high on the policy agenda of all three spheres of government in South Africa since 1994. The influence of a range...
Superblocks are the basic unit of China’s urban development, but they are also spatial instruments with social, cultural, environmental, and economic implications, operating between the scales of...
Anhui province will create "identity numbers" for local ancient buildings and ban the removal of ancient structures from the province. A government statement released on Wednesday came days after...
The economic work conference of the Chinese central government held over the weekend set a new urbanization model as a sustainable driving force for China's economic growth, according to Beijing News...
PowerPoint presentation by Hong Bo, Assistant President, CITIC Limited and Chairwoman, CITIC Construction, presented at the 6th Global Housing Finance Conference hosted by the World Bank Group held...
Abstract: Ivan Turok (2014). The Resilience of South African Cities a Decade after Local Democracy. Environment and Planning A, 46(4), pp.749-769. South Africa emerged from a cataclysm two...
China launched a special leading group on Wednesday to accelerate the establishment of a national real estate registration system, according to the Ministry of Land and Resources. Hu Cunzhi, vice-...
Premier Li Keqiang has pledged to rebuild more of the country's shantytowns this year as part of planned urbanization and efforts to improve people's living conditions.
Judicial specialists and lawyers suggest that governments provide residents with more transparency in land expropriation procedures and compensation to avoid tragedies such as the one in Pingdu.