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  • Urban interventions : approach to urban regeneration in South Africa since 1994 
    Hansen, L.C.; African Perspectives Conference Proceedings; Bakker, Karel A. (Department of Architecture, University of Pretoria, 2010)
    The discussion on our urban challenges are in part more reflections based on a body of work concluded in Johannesburg and Pretoria over the last 15 years. The paper will attempt to provide a partial representation of the ...
  • The urban market : social and spatial configurations in the African city 
    Gantner, G.; African Perspectives Conference Proceedings; Bakker, Karel A. (Department of Architecture, University of Pretoria, 2010)
    In an era that is luring African cities toward a global constellation of mega-cities, the urbanization of traditional aspects of society, such as the marketplace, provide an identity to local commerce not found in many ...
  • The woes of a " 'straight-jacketed' central business district" : the case of Odum, Kumasi 
    Afram, S.O.; Olympio, G.F.A.; African Perspectives Conference Proceedings; Bakker, Karel A. (Department of Architecture, University of Pretoria, 2010)
    Kumasi is the traditional and administrative capital of the Ashanti Region. The location of its Central Business District (CBD) is, literally, in the geographical centre of the city, surrounded and hemmed in by residential ...
  • Working on cities : an experience from Kumasi, Ghana a design studio for architects and urban management students 
    Geurts, E.H.M.; African Perspectives Conference Proceedings; Bakker, Karel A. (Department of Architecture, University of Pretoria, 2010)
    This paper describes the process of a studio and research project called ‘Working on Cities’ (WOC) by students from the Academy of Architecture and of the Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies in Rotterdam, ...
  • Xilunguine, Lourenco, Marques, Maputo - structure and agency in urban form : past, present and future 
    Jenkins, P.; African Perspectives Conference Proceedings; Bakker, Karel A. (Department of Architecture, University of Pretoria, 2010)
    This paper initially briefly reviews different approaches to urban studies in African urban areas as an introduction to the intention in establishing a link between an understanding of the social significance of the city ...