AAG Annual Meeting, 17 - 21 March 2026, San Francisco, California, USA
[https://www.aag.org/events/aag2026/ ]
Virtual Session
African Urban and Regional Planning
Session Organizer & Chair: Carlos Nunes Silva (Geographer, Lisbon, Portugal)
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
The session covers recent developments, challenges and opportunities in urban and regional planning across African countries. It invites studies on these and related issues:
o Spatial planning systems: frameworks, instruments, and practices
o Citizen participation in urban planning
o Urban land policy and urban planning
o Urban planning and informal urbanization
o Urban planning and social housing
o Transport in Urban and Regional Planning
o Integration of climate change adaptation into urban and regional planning
o Urban and Regional planning of nature conservation
o Planning in metropolitan areas
o Regional Planning and cross-border cooperation
o …
We are also interested in hearing about historical accounts of urban and regional planning in Africa, in both colonial and post-colonial periods.
Studies of countries, cities, or municipalities—including individual or comparative research—are encouraged. This includes academic research or firsthand presentations from academics, planners, or policymakers working on innovative modes of spatial planning (urban and regional planning) in African countries.
The Session is organised as part of the 'African Urban Planning Research Network (AUPRN)'.
The session is supported by the AAG Specialty Group on Africa, the AAG Specialty Group on Development Geographies, the AAG Specialty Group on Regional Development and Planning, and by the AAG Specialty Group Urban Geography.
Selected papers are expected to be published in a special issue of a peer reviewed international journal.
Abstracts are welcome from AUPRN members and others with relevant work. This Session offers a chance to share research and experiences on urban and regional planning in Africa.
Kindly submit a 200-word abstract to Carlos Nunes Silva (cnsulisboa@gmail.com) by October 25. The AAG abstract submission deadline is October 30, 2025 [deadline extended to 6 November 2025].
Inquiries should be sent, by e-mail, to:
Carlos Nunes Silva
Lisbon, Portugal
E-mail: cnsulisboa@gmail.com
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AAG Session links
This Session "African Urban and Regional Planning" has two parts (1 & 2):
PART 1 - African Urban and Regional Planning (1): https://aag-meetings.secure-platform.com/aag2026/solicitations/93/sessiongallery/24656
PART 2 - African Urban and Regional Planning (2): https://aag-meetings.secure-platform.com/aag2026/solicitations/93/sessiongallery/25122
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