Africa: City Planners Are Questioning the Point of Parking Garages
[The Conversation Africa] For the past century, the public and private sector appear to have agreed on one thing: the more parking, the better.
Entries by The Conversation Africa
Africa: Extreme Storms and Flood Events Cause Damage Worth Billions to Ports – and They Are Most Disruptive to Small Island Developing States #AfricaClimateCrisis
[The Conversation Africa] Shipping ports are crucial for the global economy. They handle the majority of trade, are industrial and transportation hubs and provide employment. But ports, by their nature, are located in coastal areas or on large rivers a...
South Africa: Construction Waste Is Costly – What’s Causing It On South African Building Sites
[The Conversation Africa] The construction industry contributes significantly to a country's economy through infrastructure development. The industry has expanded rapidly worldwide and further growth is expected.
Nigeria: Five Steps Nigeria Must Take to Stop Buildings Collapsing in Lagos
[The Conversation Africa] Buildings in Lagos state, Nigeria's economic hub, have in recent years been collapsing in greater numbers than ever. Between 2000 and 2021 the city experienced 167 reported cases, with significant human and economic losses.
Ghana: A Root Cause of Flooding in Accra – Developers Clogging Up the City’s Wetlands #AfricaClimateCrisis
[The Conversation Africa] Ghana has six designated Ramsar sites. These are wetlands designated under the criteria of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, an international treaty that seeks to protect them. In Ghana, these sites are mainly along the coast...
South Africa: Floods Wreaked Havoc Because People Are Forced to Live in Disaster Prone Areas #AfricaClimateCrisis
[The Conversation Africa] Rapid urbanisation and government failure to deliver adequate housing are among the driving forces behind the proliferation of informal settlements across South African cities and towns. These informal settlements are notoriou...
Africa: Areas in Africa With More Chinese-Backed Projects Were More Likely to Experience Protests
[The Conversation Africa] Bruno Martorano, United Nations University; Francesco Iacoella, United Nations University; Laura Metzger, Harvard Kennedy School, and Marco Sanfilippo, Università di Torino
South Africa: Young Female South African Architect Reinvents Serpentine Pavilion in London
[The Conversation Africa] The arrival in London of a new Serpentine Pavilion is a design diary highlight every year.
Nigeria: How Women Are Locked Out of Nigeria’s Construction Industry
[The Conversation Africa] The construction industry is widely considered to be one of the world's largest industrial employers of labour, and is linked to all other sectors of countries' economies. It presents a path to empower women economically but i...
Egypt: The Toll and Toil It Took to Cleave the Suez Canal Through the Egyptian Desert
[The Conversation Africa] For a little over a week the world's attention zeroed in on the Suez Canal, an artificial channel connecting the Mediterranean and the Red seas across Egyptian territory. The canal offers the shortest sea route between Europe ...
