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Building liveability: Copenhagen's sustainable urban development, 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCYgajPrT64
Time 11:16
This short film shows how The Municipality of Copenhagen, BIG, Smith Innovation and the Embassy of Denmark in Argentina cooperated to create an exhibition on sustainable development in Buenos Aires.
In Focus - Urbanization in Africa, 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibojowYswKk
Time 24:48
In this episode of the UONGOZI Institute’s “In Focus” Prof. Ivan Turok, the Executive Director of the Economic Performance and Development, Human Sciences Research Council (EPD-HSRC) explores urbanization in Africa and its implications for all aspects of development including economics, health, and education.
Issa Diabaté on designing the future of urban Africa, 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teiGU0hCAs4
Time 17:22
“For us, design generates the appropriate solution to the problems of urban planning we have in the Ivory Coast,” says architect Issa Diabaté. At Design Indaba Conference 2014, Diabaté shared his experience of being an architect in West Africa: highlighting the problems facing the area as well as the necessary solutions for 21st century urban planning.
Megacities Reflect Growing Urbanization Trend, 2010
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFboV2m1yuw
Time 7:42
The capital of the South Asian country Bangladesh, Dhaka, has a population that is booming. However, it stands as one of the world's poorest mega-cities. This report comes from a Global Post series about the rise of mega-cities.
Urban Planning in Africa: Managing Rural/Urban the boundary - Julio Davila, 2013
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wYqMCgcZeQ
Time 11:35
In this talk, Julio D Dávila is Professor of Urban Policy and International Development, and Director of the Development Planning Unit, University College London, discusses the critical importance that urban areas play in development generally and in Africa particularly focussing on his work in Ghana.
Water for African Cities, 2011
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YARDkEB-zCk
Time 10:36
Water for African Cities Programme facilitates the adoption of measures to ensure access to environmentally sound water and sanitation service provision to the un-served, as well as improved access for underserved populations of the target cities. Through demonstration projects and capacity building interventions carried out in collaboration with national partners, regional and international financial institutions, the programme supports water supply and sanitation utilities, local governments, NGOs and communities to leverage resources for scaling up and replication at the country level.