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DPAC - Step 1.1 Welcome to the course [URL hyperlink to video file]
Step 1.1 Welcome to the course / Development and Planning in African Cities free online course (https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/african-cities/)

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DPAC - Step 1.11 Social diversity [URL hyperlink to video file]
Step 1.11 Social diversity / Development and Planning in African Cities free online course (https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/african-cities/)

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DPAC - Step 1.13 Spatial justice in Portee-Rokupa [URL hyperlink to video file]
Step 1.13 Spatial justice in Portee-Rokupa / Development and Planning in African Cities free online course (https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/african-cities/)

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DPAC - Step 1.9 Urban growth in Africa and Freetown [URL hyperlink to video file]
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/)

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DPAC - Step 2.11 Freetown's formal and informal economic activities [URL hyperlink to video file]
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/)

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DPAC - Step 2.13 Informality, recognition and tax [URL hyperlink to video file]
Step 2.13 Informality, recognition and tax / Development and Planning in African Cities free online course (https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/african-cities/)

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DPAC - Step 2.14 Perspectives from informal settlement residents [URL hyperlink to video file]
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]
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/)

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DPAC - Step 2.2 Urban land in African cities [URL hyperlink to video file]
Step 2.2 Urban land in African cities / Development and Planning in African Cities free online course (https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/african-cities/)

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DPAC - Step 2.4 The challenges of urban land in Freetown [URL hyperlink to video file]
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/)

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DPAC - Step 2.5 Producing land in Freetown's coastal settlements [URL hyperlink to video file]
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/)

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DPAC - Step 3.5 Urban governance in Freetown [URL hyperlink to video file]
Step 3.5 Urban governance in Freetown / Development and Planning in African Cities free online course (https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/african-cities/)

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DPAC - Step 3.6 Participatory planning in African cities [URL hyperlink to video file]
Step 3.6 Participatory planning in African cities / Development and Planning in African Cities free online course (https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/african-cities/)

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DPAC - Step 3.7 Participatory planning in Freetown's informal settlements [URL hyperlink to video file]
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/)

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DPAC - Step 3.8 Participatory planning: women's saving group [URL hyperlink to video file]
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/)

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DPAC - Step 3.9 Participatory planning: self-organising through the Federation of the Urban and Rural Poor [URL hyperlink to video file]
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/)

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DPAC - Step 4.14 Conclusions [URL hyperlink to video file]
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]
Step 4.2 Urban risk in African cities / Development and Planning in African Cities free online course (https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/african-cities/)

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DPAC - Step 4.4 Urban risk in Freetown [URL hyperlink to video file]
Step 4.4 Urban risk in Freetown / Development and Planning in African Cities free online course (https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/african-cities/)

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DPAC - Step 4.9 Infrastructure in Freetown [URL hyperlink to video file]
Step 4.9 Infrastructure in Freetown / Development and Planning in African Cities free online course (https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/african-cities/)

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Development and Planning in African Cities course materials
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
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
Steps from the second 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 3
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

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Development and Planning in African Cities: Week 4
Steps from the fourth week of Development and Planning in African Cities, a FutureLearn course jointly delivered by UCL and Njala University.

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Studying the impact of urbanisation on global and local insect populations
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 2 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

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Studying the impact of urbanisation on global and local insect populations
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

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