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SUMMARY:Processes\, Practices and Possibilities: Can Urban Planning Delive
 r Healthy Cities in Africa?
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DESCRIPTION:Africa’s rapid urbanisation has intensified pressures on inf
 rastructure\, public health\, and everyday urban life\, raising an urgent 
 question: can current urban planning systems deliver healthy\, inclusive\,
  and resilient cities? This seminar examines the widening disconnect betwe
 en formal planning processes and the lived realities of African urbanism\,
  where weak planning enforcement\, fragmented governance\, and widespread 
 informality shape daily health outcomes. Framed through the themes of proc
 esses\, practices\, and possibilities\, it explores how governance structu
 res\, land use regulation\, transportation planning\, housing provision\, 
 WASH systems\, and environmental management influence urban health outcome
 s. Drawing on examples from selected African cities such as Lagos\, Nairob
 i\, Kigali\, and Accra\, the seminar interrogates the persistent gap betwe
 en formal planning aspirations and lived urban realities and highlights th
 e emerging opportunities found in integrated\, resilience based\, and comm
 unity driven approaches to planning. It argues that healthier African citi
 es are possible\, but only through a paradigm shift towards inclusive and 
 adaptive planning systems that are responsive to African urban realities a
 nd sustainability challenges.
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LOCATION:Kellogg College\, Kellogg College 62 Banbury Road  Oxford Oxfords
 hire OX2 6PN United Kingdom
SPEAKER:Professor Oluwole Daramola (Professor of Urban and Regional Planni
 ng at Obafemi Awolowo University\, Nigeria\; African Oxford (AfOx) Visitin
 g Fellow at the Global Centre on Healthcare and Urbanisation (GCHU)\, Kell
 ogg College\, University of Oxford.)
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