(re)framing the narrative: Storytelling otherwise for a just forest economy in Kampala's city region

Kampala is the heartbeat of Uganda’s economy and has driven rural-urban migration over the years as people travel in search of better opportunities (Namwanje, 2022). This has led to rapid urbanisation and unprecedented growth of the informal sector that extends beyond the geographical confines of the city. <br/><br/>Rural areas, acting as...

City-regions for cultural nomads: Leveraging transitory rural-urban networks in Nairobi's peripheries through regional agroecological systems; A guide to city-region planning in Kenya

Projected rapid urbanization in African cities is posed to put immense pressure on existing neoliberal urban planning strategies as practised in primary cities and metropolitan regions across Sub-Saharan Africa. This is despite the visible shortcomings of these neoliberal urban development models in delivering the required human development...

Twin City Region - Up with a colorful corridor

Towards a Metropolitan Governance in the Schiphol Airport Region? The issues and opportunities from a stakeholder perspective

Along the Ring's Conditions: Intervening on the Infrastructural Edge of Charleroi

The thesis has been developed within and upon the context of the ‘Dorsal Wallonne’, which is an urbanized spine located in the southern side of Belgium. This spine spans from Mons to Liege and it can be described as a territorial artifact of great diversity, where urbanization has followed the vicissitudes of the machine-age. The region not only...

Utrecht-region under pressure: Development of a mobile strategy to keep the Utrecht region accessible, vital and livable

Contemporary city-regions are facing major challenges concerning the relation between mobility and urbanity. A concrete example of this is the phenomenon of urban sprawl, which evolved in the US and also in Western Europe. The car is a very popular mode of transportation. However, the automobile has some serious spatial consequences. It had a...