Lilongwe – Characteristics of social security after dusk

During the 7th European Conference on African Studies in Basel (CH), I presented together with Rebekka Keuss an analysis of the nocturnal characteristics of Lilongwe, the capital of Malawi. Download presentation. When “cities, like cats, will reveal themselves after dark”, as English poet Rupert Brooke claimed over a century ago, then what is it that nightlife in a Malawian city …

Smart & Sustainable Planning for Cities & Regions

The presentation was held at the SSPCR 2017 Conference in Bolzano (IT). Download presentation. This presentation examines the scientific background and practical possibilities of a spatial planning tool, which provides an adaptive urban framework for the fast growth of sub- Saharan cities. It builds upon an indicator-based sustainability assessment of the area to provide a numeric basis for the generated …

ISOCARP YPP Workshop in Durban, SA

My first Young Planning Professionals’ workshop attendance of the International Society of City and Regional was during the 52nd ISOCARP World Planning Congress in September 2016 in Durban (SA). This event marked simultaneously the 25th anniversary of the format initiated by the late Estefania Chavez Barragan which I had the honour to meet in person, my transition towards the urban …

Tackling urban challenges in sub-Saharan Africa through indicator-based Sustainability Assessment

The paper was presented as part of the 52nd ISOCARP World Planning Congress in Durban (SA) in September 2016. It is published in the Congress proceedings. Download the paper. This paper examines the scientific background and practical possibilities of indicator-based sustainability assessment in urban sub-Saharan Africa. The proposed method acts as a platform for site and project selections as well …