Search Results - "Parnell, Susan"

Leave no city behind by Acuto, Michele, Parnell, Susan

“…Close to 4 billion people live in cities. As the driver of environmental challenges, accounting for nearly 70% of the world's carbon emissions, and as sites of…”
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Ideas, implementation and indicators: epistemologies of the post-2015 urban agenda by Barnett, Clive, Parnell, Susan

“…The success of the campaign for a dedicated urban Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) reflected a consensus on the importance of “cities” in sustainable…”
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Urbanization in Africa: challenges and opportunities for conservation by Güneralp, Burak, Lwasa, Shuaib, Masundire, Hillary, Parnell, Susan, Seto, Karen C

“…Africa, a continent exceptionally rich in biodiversity, is rapidly urbanizing. Africa's urbanization is manifest in the growth of its megacities as well as…”
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The Shifting Interface of Public Health and Urban Policy in South Africa by Duminy, James, Parnell, Susan M.

“…The paper traces the evolution and periodization of shifting ideas about the critical issues shaping city planning in South Africa, looking both at the…”
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The transformative potential of a Global Urban Agenda and its lessons in a time of crisis by Espey, Jessica, Parnell, Susan, Revi, Aromar

“…2015 was a seismic moment for urban stakeholders around the world. A coalition of policymakers, academics and practitioners came together to successfully…”
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Defining a Global Urban Development Agenda by Parnell, Susan

“…The United Nation’s recent endorsement of a stand-alone urban Sustainable Development Goal and the immanent formulation of Habitat III marks a watershed in…”
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Integrating solutions to adapt cities for climate change by Lin, Brenda B, Ossola, Alessandro, Alberti, Marina, Andersson, Erik, Bai, Xuemei, Dobbs, Cynnamon, Elmqvist, Thomas, Evans, Karl L, Frantzeskaki, Niki, Fuller, Richard A, Gaston, Kevin J, Haase, Dagmar, Jim, Chi Yung, Konijnendijk, Cecil, Nagendra, Harini, Niemelä, Jari, McPhearson, Timon, Moomaw, William R, Parnell, Susan, Pataki, Diane, Ripple, William J, Tan, Puay Yok

“…Record climate extremes are reducing urban liveability, compounding inequality, and threatening infrastructure. Adaptation measures that integrate…”
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South African urban youth responses to living in a world with covid: Lessons from #Slam4urLife by Mazetti, Cara, Schmidt, Sophie, Hardie, Mignon, Boulle, Jacqueline, Parnell, Susan

“…Using poetry, visual art, songs, raps and sketches submitted to #Slam4urLife, a social media competition encouraging young people in South Africa to respond…”
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Urban Family Planning in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Critical Scoping Review by Duminy, James, Cleland, John, Harpham, Trudy, Montgomery, Mark R, Parnell, Susan, Speizer, Ilene S

“…Health agendas for low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) should embrace and afford greater priority to urban family planning to help achieve a number of the…”
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Urban Health Research in Africa: Themes and Priority Research Questions by Oni, Tolu, Smit, Warren, Matzopoulos, Richard, Hunter Adams, Jo, Pentecost, Michelle, Rother, Hanna-Andrea, Albertyn, Zulfah, Behroozi, Farzaneh, Alaba, Olufunke, Kaba, Mamadou, van der Westhuizen, Claire, King, Maylene Shung, Levitt, Naomi S., Parnell, Susan, Lambert, Estelle V.

“…This commentary presents a conceptual framework, using a public health approach, for interdisciplinary research aimed at contributing to the understanding and…”
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Uniting A Divided City: Governance and Social Exclusion in Johannesburg by Beall, Jo, Crankshaw, Owen, Parnell, Susan

“…For many, Johannesburg resembles the imagined spectre of the urban future. Global anxieties about catastrophic urban explosion, social fracture, environmental…”
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(Re)theorizing Cities from the Global South: Looking Beyond Neoliberalism by Parnell, Susan, Robinson, Jennifer

“…The demographic transition of the late 20th and early 21st centuries has shifted the locus of urbanizing populations from the global North to the global South…”
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Translational Global Praxis: Rethinking Methods and Modes of African Urban Research by Parnell, Susan, Pieterse, Edgar

“…Advancing global urbanism depends upon making Africa's cities a more dominant part of the global urban narrative. Constructing a more legitimate research…”
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RISK AND RETURNS: Large‐scale Funding for Urban Research by Keith, Michael, Parnell, Susan

“…The nature of research funding shapes knowledge outcomes, especially for urban research that is conducted in multiple sites and over multiple years. Recent…”
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The 'Right to the City': Institutional Imperatives of a Developmental State by PARNELL, SUSAN, PIETERSE, EDGAR

“…Under conditions of globalization large cities present unique challenges for poverty reduction and the realization of rights. The urbanization of poverty also…”
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The enabling conditions of post-pandemic city government by Parnell, Susan

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Globalization and Sustainable Development: At the Urban Crossroad by Parnell, Susan

“…The intellectual, political and institutional revolution marked by the endorsement of theSustainable Development Goals (SDGs) means that there is now…”
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City Science: A Chaotic Concept - And an Enduring Imperative by Duminy, James, Parnell, Susan

“…Amid widespread enthusiasm for ‘scientific’ approaches to reading and understanding the city, driven by the increasing availability of ‘big data’ and…”
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Building a global urban science by Acuto, Michele, Parnell, Susan, Seto, Karen C.

“…The study of cities needs to become more than the sum of its parts. An international Expert Panel investigates why, and how…”
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Sub-Saharan African urbanisation and global environmental change by Parnell, Susan, Walawege, Ruwani

“…► Increased human migration and displacement, impacts from GEC have been overstated. ► Migration is less important than natural urban population growth for…”
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