{UAH} Let us build Cities - forward

UaH

 

There is need to plan and build cities in Africa let us promote the idea. East and Central Africa are to the top with investments opportunitiesalbeit with no integrated physicla planning of the region.

I am preparing this years conference uidc.siup.ac.ug early enough to give as many participants as possible time to organise their budgets. If you and officials/delegates from your  organisation will be attending the conference on 5- 6 October 2016 fill in the form and send back to me.  We have a twitter account where you can follow us #uidc_ug

 

Kindly forward this message to interested parties in your organisation. They can contact me directly on phone number +256-752-972-960

 

Bwanika.

 

The conference held its first ever 1st Urban and Infrastructure Development meeting on the 14th-15th October 2015.  http://busiweek.com/index1.php?Ctp=2&pI=4319&pLv=3&srI=67&spI=120&cI=15.

 

A number of issues emerged among which were notably; Green Investment, Project Financing, Transport, Planning, Smartcities, Urban Technologies etc., input in the East and Central Africa Urban and infrastructure development – you can read the summary on the website above.

 

This is an enormous undertaking that covers: Housing, Transport, Technology, Communication, Energy, Utilities etc. You are well aware that in this part of the world, despite enormous growth, there are very few well planned and developed towns and cities. Existing cities have enormous issues with housing, traffic, flooding, utility and amenities deficits etc.

 

You can pass on this mail to your members and partners or simply send me their mails I will contact them.

 

Attendance: By invitation (interested send me a note asap)

 

Registration not later than 30th  August 2016,

 

Best Wishes

  

*Call for papers: we are now accepting papers that should be sent to info@idrc-ug.com on the themes below

 

MAIN Theme:  Modern Green Dynamics for Metropolis (MGD) - Building and Design of Smart Cities for East and Central Africa.

 

Theme 1: Designing MGD Smart Cities – Ecological Engineering and Architecture

 

• Smart City and Urban planning

• Technologies associated with smart city planning

��� Designing and modelling space for smart cities

• Ethical and ecological issues with smart cities

• Spatial planning transformation in the era of Environmental requirements

• Convergence of Housing Technology and Eco-Engineering Architecture

• Development Financing and Investment of MGD smart cities development

 

Theme 2: Physical Planning Education for MGD Smart Cities

 

• Physical planning Education and smart cities development

• Spatial landscape evaluation digitisation models vis vi reality

• Citizen participation and engagement in Smart Cities planning (OCP)

• Investment (Public /Private) areas in smart cities – which areas?

• Government, Private Planning roles in smart cities development

• Informality verse formalism in space, place making

• Development Financing and Investment MGD based Physical Planning

 

Theme 3: City Street Design and City Transport systems

 

• Smart Cities for Children, Elderly, Disabled and Women

������� Smart Cities transportation modes and design technologies

• Convergence of Transport, Ecology, Town and County planning

• Business localisation for MGD Smart Cities

• Zoning principals for children Cities

• Trams and electric vehicles for MGD Smart Cities

• Off grid utilities and amenities placement

• Financing and Investment in City street design and Transport system

 

Theme 4: Environment for Smart Cities

 

• Social needs for space/environment with cities development

• Sociology of modern planning systems

• Current Urban Planning practices and future prospects

• Waster and Storm water collection and reuse

• Powering cities with green technologies

• Fighting urban violence with environmental planning

• Eliminating pollution (water, air , soil) in cities

• Recycling City Garbage recycling and Ecological farming /Issues

 

Theme 5: Local Governments in MGD Smart Cities

 

• Local Government and Urban Governance in Africa

• Local Government and Urban Governance structures in East/Central Africa

• Fight against corruption

• ICT and governance in local governments

• Public servant roles convergence with citizen participation

 

 

 

 

 

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Bwanika Nakyesawa Luwero

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