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SAPER End of Project Report
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saper_end_of_project_report_final.pdf


Academic publications


ANDRES, L., JONES, P., DENOON STEVENS., S. & MELGACO, L., (2019) Negotiating polyvocal strategies: re-reading de Certeau through the lens of urban planning in South Africa, Urban Studies, https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098019875423

​ANDRES, L., BAKARE, H., BRYSON, J., KHAEMBA, W., MELGACO, L., MWANIKI, G., (2019) Planning, Temporary Urbanism and Citizen-led Alternative-Substitute Place-Making in the Global South, Regional Studies, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00343404.2019.1665645 

DENOON STEVENS., S., ANDRES, L., JONES, P., MASSEY, R., MELGACO, L., Theory versus practice in planning education: the view from South Africa, Planning Pratice and Research (in press)

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 ADAMS, D., ANDRES, L., DENOON STEVENS., S. & MELGACO, L., Challenges, opportunities and legacies: experiencing the internationalising of UK planning curricula across space and time, Town Planning Review (in press) 

Lewis M, Verna N. (2019). Setting standards for planners: the South African Council for Planners' Standards and Competencies Process. In Carlos Nunes Silva, Routledge Handbook of Urban Planning in Africa. London: Routledge
 
 
Nel, V, Lewis, M. (2019). The Resilience, Adaptability and Transformation of the South African Planning Profession. In Nunes Silva, Carlo, Routledge Handbook of Urban Planning in Africa. London: Routledge


Briefing Notes

SAPER briefing note - Challenges, opportunities and legacies: experiencing the internationalising of UK planning curricula
​saper_briefing_note-_internationalisation_of_planning_education.pdf

SAPER briefing note - Bridging the gap: the candidacy phase - October 2018
saper_bn2_-_bridging_the_gap-_the_candidacy_phase_.pdf

SAPER briefing note - Matching needs: planners in local government - October 2018
saper_bn1_-_matching_needs-_planners_in_local_government.pdf

SAPER Briefing Note: Teaching App & Platform - December 2017
saper_briefing_note-_teaching_app___platform.pdf

SAPER Briefing Note:  International Planning Education
briefing_note_on_the_progress_of_project_objective_3_-_an_assessment_of_the__extent_to_which_issues_raised_by_a_changing_colonial_context_is_considered_and_addressed_in_the_uk_undergraduate_and_postgraduate_planning_curriculum.pdf

 SAPER Briefing Note:: Results from the SAPER survey with South African planning professionals
results_from_the_saper_survey_with_south_african_planning_professionalsf4.pdf

Short learning package films

Zoning for low income areas in South Africa
The transect concept
Three ideas on how to build better low income settlements in South Africa

Commonwealth Association of Planners Good Practice Platform

Explore the interactive platform built by the SAPER project for the Commonwealth Association of Planners to showcase good practice in planning 
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Project films

Introduction to the Saper Project team, May 2017
Introduction to the Saper Project Steering Group members, June 2017

Presentations from UK Steering Group meeting 28 June 2017


David Adams - A Birmingham City University perspective on the planning curriculum
Mike Beazley - A University of Birmingham perspective on the planning curriculum
Phil Jones - Introducing the pilot teaching app
Lorena Marques - Decolonizing knowledge in the planning curriculum


Conference Presentations

"(Re)considering and (re)imagining urban planning curriculum in South African Higher Education", presented by Lauren Andres and Lorena Melgaço at the 2017 IBG-RGS Conference, London
2017_ibg-rgs_la-lm.pdf
"The resilience, adaptability and transformation of the South African Planning Profession" presented by Verna Nel and Martin Lewis at the II 2017 International Conference on African Urban Planning, Lisbon
resilience_sa_planning_ufs_format.pdf
"Setting standards for planners: the South African Council for Planners' standards and competencies process", 
presented by Martin Lewis and Verna Nel at the II 2017 International Conference on African Urban Planning, Lisbon

setting_standards_for_planners_-_sacplan__martin_lewis___verna_nel___1_.pdf

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Seminars

Think Planning – Think Global Planning Challenges in the Commonwealth; Thursday 22nd March 2018 – Organised in partnership with the RTPI and the Commonwealth Association of Planners

2018_cap_rtpi_saper_seminar_final.pdf
commonwealth_seminar_programme.pdf
commonwealth_seminar_biographies.pdf
2018_cap_rtpi_saper_seminar_final.pdf

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