{"id":7231,"date":"2015-03-03T14:38:32","date_gmt":"2015-03-03T14:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/?p=7231"},"modified":"2016-03-10T13:40:38","modified_gmt":"2016-03-10T13:40:38","slug":"citylab-3-march-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/citylab-3-march-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"CityLab, 3 March 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.citylab.com\/politics\/2015\/03\/why-africas-booming-cities-need-more-autonomy-in-urban-planning\/386585\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7232\" src=\"https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/CityLab-piece.png\" alt=\"Why Africa's Booming Cities Need More Autonomy in Urban Planning City Lab Sam Sturgis\" width=\"961\" height=\"723\" srcset=\"https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/CityLab-piece.png 961w, https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/CityLab-piece-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/CityLab-piece-75x55.png 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 961px) 100vw, 961px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"http:\/\/www.citylab.com\/politics\/2015\/03\/why-africas-booming-cities-need-more-autonomy-in-urban-planning\/386585\/\" target=\"_blank\">this piece<\/a>, CityLab&#8217;s Sam Sturgis examines the &#8220;complex and exciting&#8221; urban planning projects being developed in Africa. The piece, which features a number of striking visualisations, cites Africa Research Institute&#8217;s 2013 <em>Counterpoint<\/em>, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/publications\/counterpoints\/who-will-plan-africas-cities\/\" target=\"_blank\">Who Will Plan Africa&#8217;s Cities?<\/a>&#8220;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CityLab&#8217;s Sam Sturgis examines the &#8220;complex and exciting&#8221; urban planning projects being developed in Africa. 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