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.

Stakeholders Consultative Meeting on Revision of the National Housing Policy and the Development of the National Strategy for Informal Settlement Upgrading
Date: 16-17 February 2022
Venue: Safari Court Hotel & Conference Centre

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:

Thursday, July 16th, 14-15.30h, through a blended modality accommodating both live and online discussions in light of COVID-19 regulations.

See video of the session here: https://youtu.be/8P55soXU_Og, and download a summary of the key points HERE.

The Peri-Urban Resilient Ecosystems (PURE) is a research project which addresses the challenge of representative climate resilient urban strategies in dryland Windhoek, Namibia, as a means to enhance future health, wellbeing and economic development. The project aims to apply an innovative values-based scenario tool to develop urban policy informed by multiple stakeholder value systems (e.g. municipal authorities, urban planners, marginalised and informal communities).

Wednesday, September 25th, 2019; Seminar Room, Department of Architecture and Spatial Planning
Lecture: 12h30-14h00
Workshop: 14h-16h00   

See photos of the event here.

Read Dr Metsola's presentation here.

(Photograph credit: Office of the First Lady)

DOWNLOAD THE PUBLICATION HERE.

The Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST) and the City of Windhoek (CoW) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to formalize cooperation in various fields related to urban development.

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.

Partnership with the Civil Society Organisations (CSO) Working Group on Land Reform (WGLR), with support from the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES).
Tuesday, September 4th, 2018; 9h00-12h30

This third event of ‘The New Land Question’ programme focused on the urban land question from the civil society perspective.