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DPAC - Step 1.1 Welcome to the course [URL hyperlink to video file]
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Step 1.1 Welcome to the course / Development and Planning in African Cities free online course (https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/african-cities/)
Shared with the World by Stroud Joanna
DPAC - Step 1.11 Social diversity [URL hyperlink to video file]
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Step 1.11 Social diversity / Development and Planning in African Cities free online course (https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/african-cities/)
Shared with the World by Stroud Joanna
DPAC - Step 1.13 Spatial justice in Portee-Rokupa [URL hyperlink to video file]
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Step 1.13 Spatial justice in Portee-Rokupa / Development and Planning in African Cities free online course (https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/african-cities/)
Shared with the World by Stroud Joanna
DPAC - Step 1.9 Urban growth in Africa and Freetown [URL hyperlink to video file]
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Step 1.9 Urban growth in Africa and Freetown / Development and Planning in African Cities free online course (https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/african-cities/)
Shared with the World by Stroud Joanna
DPAC - Step 2.11 Freetown's formal and informal economic activities [URL hyperlink to video file]
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Step 2.11 Freetown's formal and informal economic activities / Development and Planning in African Cities free online course (https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/african-cities/)
Shared with the World by Stroud Joanna
DPAC - Step 2.13 Informality, recognition and tax [URL hyperlink to video file]
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Step 2.13 Informality, recognition and tax / Development and Planning in African Cities free online course (https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/african-cities/)
Shared with the World by Stroud Joanna
DPAC - Step 2.14 Perspectives from informal settlement residents [URL hyperlink to video file]
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Step 2.14 Perspectives from informal settlement residents / Development and Planning in African Cities free online course (https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/african-cities/)
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DPAC - Step 2.15 How insecurity and eviction threats affect people's capacities [URL hyperlink to video file]
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Step 2.15 How insecurity and eviction threats affect people's capacities / Development and Planning in African Cities free online course (https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/african-cities/)
Shared with the World by Stroud Joanna
DPAC - Step 2.2 Urban land in African cities [URL hyperlink to video file]
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Step 2.2 Urban land in African cities / Development and Planning in African Cities free online course (https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/african-cities/)
Shared with the World by Stroud Joanna
DPAC - Step 2.4 The challenges of urban land in Freetown [URL hyperlink to video file]
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Step 2.4 The challenges of urban land in Freetown / Development and Planning in African Cities free online course (https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/african-cities/)
Shared with the World by Stroud Joanna
DPAC - Step 2.5 Producing land in Freetown's coastal settlements [URL hyperlink to video file]
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Step 2.5 Producing land in Freetown's coastal settlements / Development and Planning in African Cities free online course (https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/african-cities/)
Shared with the World by Stroud Joanna
DPAC - Step 3.5 Urban governance in Freetown [URL hyperlink to video file]
Shared with the World by Stroud Joanna
Step 3.5 Urban governance in Freetown / Development and Planning in African Cities free online course (https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/african-cities/)
Shared with the World by Stroud Joanna
DPAC - Step 3.6 Participatory planning in African cities [URL hyperlink to video file]
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Step 3.6 Participatory planning in African cities / Development and Planning in African Cities free online course (https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/african-cities/)
Shared with the World by Stroud Joanna
DPAC - Step 3.7 Participatory planning in Freetown's informal settlements [URL hyperlink to video file]
Shared with the World by Stroud Joanna
Step 3.7 Participatory planning in Freetown's informal settlements / Development and Planning in African Cities free online course (https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/african-cities/)
Shared with the World by Stroud Joanna
DPAC - Step 3.8 Participatory planning: women's saving group [URL hyperlink to video file]
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Step 3.8 Participatory planning: women's saving group / Development and Planning in African Cities free online course (https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/african-cities/)
Shared with the World by Stroud Joanna
DPAC - Step 3.9 Participatory planning: self-organising through the Federation of the Urban and Rural Poor [URL hyperlink to video file]
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Step 3.9 Participatory planning: self-organising through the Federation of the Urban and Rural Poor / Development and Planning in African Cities free online course (https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/african-cities/)
Shared with the World by Stroud Joanna
DPAC - Step 4.14 Conclusions [URL hyperlink to video file]
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Step 4.14 Conclusions / Development and Planning in African Cities free online course (https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/african-cities/)
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DPAC - Step 4.2 Urban risk in African cities [URL hyperlink to video file]
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Step 4.2 Urban risk in African cities / Development and Planning in African Cities free online course (https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/african-cities/)
Shared with the World by Stroud Joanna
DPAC - Step 4.4 Urban risk in Freetown [URL hyperlink to video file]
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Step 4.4 Urban risk in Freetown / Development and Planning in African Cities free online course (https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/african-cities/)
Shared with the World by Stroud Joanna
DPAC - Step 4.9 Infrastructure in Freetown [URL hyperlink to video file]
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Step 4.9 Infrastructure in Freetown / Development and Planning in African Cities free online course (https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/african-cities/)
Shared with the World by Stroud Joanna

Development and Planning in African Cities course materials
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Course materials from the Development and Planning in African Cities free online course delivered on the FutureLearn platform: https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/african-cities/.
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Development and Planning in African Cities: Week 1
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Steps from the first week of Development and Planning in African Cities, a FutureLearn course jointly delivered by UCL and Njala University.
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Development and Planning in African Cities: Week 2
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Steps from the second week of Development and Planning in African Cities, a FutureLearn course jointly delivered by UCL and Njala University.
Shared with the World by Stroud Joanna
Development and Planning in African Cities: Week 3
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Steps from the third week of Development and Planning in African Cities, a FutureLearn course jointly delivered by UCL and Njala University.
Shared with the World by Stroud Joanna
Development and Planning in African Cities: Week 4
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Steps from the fourth week of Development and Planning in African Cities, a FutureLearn course jointly delivered by UCL and Njala University.
Shared with the World by Stroud Joanna
Studying the impact of urbanisation on
global and local insect populations
Shared with the World by Pamela Clarke
Rapid urbanisation is leading to
devastating decreases in global
biodiversity. While cities expand
economic opportunities and foster
diversity and inclusion for humans, the
conversion of land into urban space is
one of the primary drivers of biodiversity
loss around the world. To develop cities
that can provide habitats for all living
species, we must better understand the
influence of urbanisation on biodiversity.
This study has two focuses: global insect
biodiversity and London butterfly
biodiversity, each in relation to the
challenges presented to them by different
urbanisation variables: impervious
surface area, artificial light at night and
land cover. These relationships were
studied with regression analysis and
modelled with generalised linear mixed
effects models. At the global level, only
certain land uses exerted a significant
influence over changes in insect
biodiversity, with signals from the
urbanisation variables being too weak to
draw any conclusions regarding their
impact. In the London case study,
butterfly species richness fluctuated
significantly with changes in the value of
each urbanisation variable, as well as
changes in land cover. This study calls
attention to the importance of context
when studying urbanisation’s impact on
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insect biodiversity. Though drawing
patterns at the global scale was largely
precluded due to external variables, at
the single-city level butterfly species
richness was determined by both
landscape and local conditions. This
study contributes to building our
understanding of how changes in the
built and natural environment can
impact biodiversity, a crucial piece of
knowledge in our increasingly urban
world.
Shared with the World by Pamela Clarke
Studying the impact of urbanisation on
global and local insect populations
Shared with the World by Elangkathir Duhindan
Rapid urbanisation is leading to
devastating decreases in global
biodiversity. While cities expand
economic opportunities and foster
diversity and inclusion for humans, the
conversion of land into urban space is
one of the primary drivers of biodiversity
loss around the world. To develop cities
that can provide habitats for all living
species, we must better understand the
influence of urbanisation on biodiversity.
This study has two focuses: global insect
biodiversity and London butterfly
biodiversity, each in relation to the
challenges presented to them by different
urbanisation variables: impervious
surface area, artificial light at night and
land cover. These relationships were
studied with regression analysis and
modelled with generalised linear mixed
effects models. At the global level, only
certain land uses exerted a significant
influence over changes in insect
biodiversity, with signals from the
urbanisation variables being too weak to
draw any conclusions regarding their
impact. In the London case study,
butterfly species richness fluctuated
significantly with changes in the value of
each urbanisation variable, as well as
changes in land cover. This study calls
attention to the importance of context
when studying urbanisation’s impact on insect biodiversity. Though drawing
patterns at the global scale was largely
precluded due to external variables, at
the single-city level butterfly species
richness was determined by both
landscape and local conditions. This
study contributes to building our
understanding of how changes in the
built and natural environment can
impact biodiversity, a crucial piece of
knowledge in our increasingly urban
world.
Shared with the World by Elangkathir Duhindan