Program - Themes

Local and Urban Governance

trends, challenges and innovations IN A GLOBALIZING WORLD

Program (Themes)

Track I - Local and Urban Governance and the New Global Urban Agendas

• Local government reforms: decentralization and re-centralization

• The challenges of multi-level governance: micro, local, regional and transnational

• Meso-level governance

• Metropolitan government

• Inter-municipal cooperation

• Municipal amalgamation reforms

• Cross-border municipal cooperation

• Local and urban governance, spatial justice and the Right to the City

• Informal institutions and hybrid local and urban governance models

• Co-Production as an urban governance model

• Alternative models for local government social policies

• Including LGBT in urban governance

• The governance of urban cultural heritage

• Re-municipalization of local public service provision

• Municipal owned corporations and local public services

• Managerialism, entrepreneurialism, public-private partnerships and privatization

• Local economic development

• Local government finance system

• Climate change and Green local governance

• The governance of protected areas

• Local governance and the new security challenges

• Participatory local and urban governance

• Local government in the digital era: democracy, participation, transparency, accountability

• Smart urban governance

• Social media in local and urban governance

• Crowdsensing / Crowdsourcing in urban governance

Track II - Local and Urban Governance in Africa

2.1 - Local and Urban Governance in Africa in the colonial period

• Local government and the governance of cities during the colonial period

• Urban governance and urban planning in the colonial period

• The impact of colonial local administration on previously existing forms of local government

• The transnational transfer of local governance ideas in Africa in the colonial period

• The role of local elites and traditional authorities in the colonial local governance system

• The local governance of urban land in the colonial period

2.2 - Learning from Local and Urban Governance in Africa

• Beyond the central state in Africa: the role of local government in urban governance

• A Southern perspective on urban governance?

• Decolonizing local and urban governance and planning

• Ruptures and continuities in local government systems in the transition to independence

• Legacies of colonialism in the post-independence local/urban governance systems

• Transfer of local governance principles from socialist countries to Africa

• Unlearning the colonial urban governance and planning cultures in Africa

• Local and Urban Governance in 'fragile democracies' in Africa

• The limits of policy transfer in local public policy and in urban planning in Africa

• The role of traditional authorities in the current local and urban governance systems in Africa

• The governance and planning of suburbs, metropolitan areas, capital cities, and mega-urban regions in Africa

• The links between urban and rural governance and planning in Africa

• The local / urban governance of the informal economy in Africa

• The local / urban governance of land markets in Africa

• The local / urban governance and planning of mobility in Africa

• The local / urban governance and planning of solid waste in Africa

• The local / urban governance of heritage in Africa

• The governance of pre-colonial and colonial urban heritage

• The local / urban governance of environmental risks

• The local / urban governance of climate change challenges in Africa

• The local / urban governance of energy transitions in African cities

• Implementation challenges of the New Urban Agenda Goals and SDG in Africa

• Local governance in Island States

• Smart urban governance in Africa

• Smart Urban Planning in Africa

• Crowdsensing / Crowdsourcing Spatial Information for urban governance and urban planning in Africa

• Web-based Citizen Participation for urban governance and urban planning in Africa

• Social media for urban governance and urban planning in Africa

• Participatory Mapping for urban governance and planning in Africa