Welcome to the website of the Association of African Planning Schools (AAPS), a network of tertiary planning schools drawn from across the continent.

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The AAPS has a membership of 46 planning institutions, predominantly located in Anglophone Africa. Currently the Association is operating two projects, both funded by the Rockefeller Foundation: the first aims to 'Revitalise Planning Education' in Africa, whilst the second seeks to promote community collaboration in planning education programmes through partnerships with advocacy networks such as SDI and WIEGO. Planning schools that wish to join the network, and participate in these projects, should contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it the project coordinator.

In early December 2011, AAPS and the University of Lagos hosted a workshop dedicated to the themes of spatial planning, infrastructure and informality. Here workshop participants pose in front of UniLag's Department of Urban and Regional Planning, following a field trip to the Makoko area of Lagos.

The Association has recently elected a new Steering Committee to guide its functions until 2012. Click here to find out more about the Committee's composition and leadership.

The AAPS Editorial Board responsible for making recommendations of exemplary African planning research to the International Editorial Board of the GPEAN publication, Dialogues in Urban and Regional Planning (Volume 5), has made its final submission. The highest ranked articles were:

• Kamete, A.Y. (2010). 'Defending Illicit Livelihoods. Youth Resistance in Harare's Contested Spaces', International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 34(1), pp. 55-75.
• Khalifa, M.A. (2011). 'Redefining Slums in Egypt: Unplanned versus unsafe areas', Habitat International, 35(1), pp. 40-49.
• Todes, A., Karam, A., Klug, N., and Malaza, N. (2010). 'Beyond Master Planning? New Approaches to Spatial Planning in Ekurhuleni, South Africa', Habitat International, 34(4), pp. 414-420.

Congratulations to Amin Kamete for securing yet another recommendation. Our great thanks are also due to Dr Dan Inkoom and the other Editorial Board members for their dedicated work. The AAPS website will continue to provide updates on the latest edition of Dialogues.