Photography and The City – Session 1
Andrew Esiebo | Yagazie Emezi Join us for a book club session delving into the world of urban landscapes, exploring the ways in which photography captures the essence, stories, and dynamics…
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LUDI Book Club
This long-term community reading group hosted at G.A.S. convenes creative community leaders with creative practitioners, enthusiasts, readers, writers, publishers, and archivists to explore timely and pressing themes. LUDI’s book club…
Crime Prevention Through Public Space Design: A Lagos Story
In 1993, the 8th Head of State, Ibrahim Babangida described Lagos as “the crime capital of the county”; a distressing way of describing a city that some people would regard…
Achieving Affordable Public Transport in Lagos and NMT
Affordable Transport in Lagos Affordable transport implies better access to opportunities and urban services by the poor population. According to Online TDM Encyclopaedia – affordable transport is when people can…
Introducing The Planners’ Pen
Partnership with The Planners’ Pen is an e-magazine demystifying Urban Planning among Nigerian students. It is a platform for Urban Planning news, concepts, trends, innovations and their applications in Nigeria…
Steps To Advocacy: Learning from the 2020 Lagos Wetland Protection Campaign
STEPS TO ADVOCACY: Learning from the 2020 Lagos Wetland Protection Campaign Written by Oghenetega Ogodo For Lagos Urban Development Initiative & Lagos Wetlands Advocacy Group Supported by Heinrich Böll Stiftung…
The Lagos Context: Defining Public Spaces
Speakers Jumoke Sanwo, Creative Director, Revolving Art Incubator (RAI) Ayanda Roji, General Manager, Research and Knowledge Management & Ecology, Johannesburg City Parks and Zoo KEY TAKEAWAYS: How do we build…
Preparing for 240-270 days of rainfall: Flooding in Lagos
Speakers Toyin Oshaniwa, Founder and Executive Director, Nature Cares Resource Center Deji Akinpelu, Co-Founder, Rethinking Cities Adebayo Ade-Ojo, Manager, Environment, and Ecology, Lagos State Resilience Office (LASRO) KEY TAKEAWAYS: A…