From 28 to 30 March 2011, the African Centre for Cities (ACC) hosted delegates from Indian, Kenyan, Brazilian and South African higher education institutions to discuss the potential for comparative case research between the four countries.
Click here to read more about the objectives and outcomes of the workshop.
The workshop featured a number of interesting and informative presentations, which are now available for download by clicking on the relevant links below:
- Presentations by the Indian Institute for Human Settlements: Introduction to the IIHS (by Aromar Revi); Research at IIHS (by Jessica Seddon); Report on the recent IIHS Institute on ‘Re-imagining the World Class City’ (by Kavita Wankhade and Chris Kurian).
- Presentation on the research interests and activities of the Gauteng City-Region Observatory, South Africa (by Graham Gotz).
- Presentation on the history, motivation and research approach of the Observatorio Das Metropoles (by Luiz Cesar de Queiroz Ribeiro, UFRJ).
- Presentation on the contemporary forces affecting urbanization in Brazil (by Jeroen Klink, UFABC).
- Literature review on urban comparative case research (by James Duminy, AAPS).
You may also download the bibliography used for the literature review on urban comparative case research, by clicking here.
