The urban question in Namibia remains a neglected field of inquiry. Much of the research in Namibia focuses on agricultural, “natural”, and other processes taking place is less-inhabited places. The perception that most of the country is “nature” is also a mental conception produced through the legacies of colonisation and apartheid. Today, however, most of those living in Namibia find themselves living in one of the 57 proclaimed urban areas; and projections indicate this will raise up to 70% in the coming three decades.

Supported by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and based at NUST.

The aim is to support knowledge and capacity development activities to support inclusive and sustainable urban development in partnership with stakeholders locally and abroad.

The grant is based at the Integrated Land Management Institute to facilitate cross-university engagement around matters of sustainable and inclusive urban development. It runs from June 2021 until March 2023, and entails four activities:

This article is a dispatch from the "Land Markets" project led by Romie Nghitevelekwa (UNAM) and Royal Mabakeng (NUST) .

Speech delivered at the Second National Land Conference, Day 2, Session on Urban Land Reform. Tuesday, October 2nd, 2018. (Download)

This speech is based on a paper that the authors prepared on the occasion of the Second National Land Conference, which can be downloaded here.

In this article in The Namibian newspaper on Friday, June 29th, 2018, the authors present the latest urbanisation prospects for Namibia and argue for the need to imagine an urban future.

Read article with references here: http://ilmi.nust.na/sites/default/files/20180629-Namibias-urban-revoluti...