Project Profile: UComNetSus-Africa
Building Urban Community Networks for Sustainable Cities in Africa
Who?
| Principal Investigators: | Peter Waweru Wangai, Kenyatta University, Kenya |
| Partners: | Olusola Matthew Adeoye, Nature Cares Resource Centre, Nigeria Benjamin Betey Campion, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana Josephine Malonza, University of Rwanda, Rwanda David Muchan Mugo, University of Embu, Kenya Margaret Awuor Owuor, South Eastern Kenya University, Kenya Shabani Mohamedi Soah, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Olúfemi O. Táíwò, Georgetown University, United States |
| Sponsors: | Future Earth, International/Africa National Science Foundation, United States |
What?
| Full Project Title: | Building Urban Community Networks for Sustainable Cities in Africa |
| Full Call Title: | Pathways2020 |
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Why?
| Project Objective: | The proposed project will address the following specific objectives: i) To establish networks of stakeholders in six African cities for the cross-learning purposes and adoption of best practices; ii) To conduct a situational analysis of the social, economic and ecological challenges and interdependencies for sustainable development in African cities; iii) To build interdependencies and synergies among stakeholders’ networks for sustainability of African cities; iv) To generate spatial maps of social, economic and ecological assets in the participating cities; v) To formulate voluntary guidelines for sustainable African cities. |
| Call Objective: | The goal of this CRA is to provide a science base for achieving sustainability goals. The CRA will support 1-2 years of collaborative research networking activities that focus on integrated qualitative and quantitative approaches to develop Earth-system-based transformation pathways for sustainable development. |
Where?
| Regions: | Africa, North America |
| Countries: | Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, United States of America (USA) |
When?
| Duration: | 23 months |
| Call Date: | 2020 |
| Project Award Date: | 13 July 2021 |
