Charter Cities Institute’s Heba Elhanafy was featured in Zambia Daily Mail, where she discussed the role of new cities in reclaiming control of Africa’s urban future.
A series of boots-on-the-ground blogs from the hometowns of our research team
CCI Zambia has been busy engaging key stakeholders, and getting invited to speak at both the Zambia Institute of Planners and the Zambia Institute of Architects annual conferences.
Urban Researcher Heba Elhanafy recently released the publication Cairo Road: Urbanism and Architecture. In this blog she explores why Cairo Road, one of the oldest streets in Lusaka, interested her and the journey behind the project.
Fascinated by the striking, modern architecture of Cairo Road, the project team aims to answer questions on the history of one of the oldest roads in the city. The main goal of this project is to document Cairo Road’s urbanism and architectural histories.
Urban planning is ultimately a dynamic process that must evolve as the needs of the city evolve. These guidelines provide an overview of how charter city planners can effectively create a charter city that generates sustained and inclusive economic growth.
The CCI Summer Fellowship exposes participants to academic and real-life urban discourse. This document, through several Project Briefs, overviews the proposed projects of the 2021 CCI Fellows.
Charter city projects are under construction and governments around the world are acting: the charter cities moment has arrived. This report first reviews both the past and present of the charter cities movement, and then lays out a vision as to where this movement is headed. This was written by Mark Lutter, Kurtis Lockhart, Jeffrey Mason, Carl Peterson, and Heba Elhanafy.
Informal settlements are often depicted as shantytowns. However, informal settlements in Cairo don’t often fit this stereotype.
Urban development of African City-States have long contributed to its proud history of civilization. On its tropical East Coast, Kilwa Koswani developed and flourished alongside other city-states. Kosami, a city-state turned Empire, formed
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