Urban Age

The Urban Age Electric City Conference

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In 2012, the Urban Age programme by LSE Cities at the London School of Economics and Political Science and Deutsche Bank’s Alfred Herrhausen Society focused on a critical reflection of urbanising smart, green technology.
Mothers Unite wins the Deutsche Bank Urban Age Award Cape Town 2012

Chosen by an independent jury from a pool of 254 entries and a shortlist of eight finalists

Founded in 2007 in a mother’s home, and provides a safe haven from gang pressures, drugs and violence that affect parts of the street and home life in the area.
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Urban Age

The Urban Age Programme, jointly organised with Deutsche Bank’s Alfred Herrhausen Society, is an international investigation of the spatial and social dynamics of cities centred on an annual conference, research initiative and publication. Since 2005, over ten conferences have been held in rapidly urbanising regions in Africa and Asia, as well as in mature urban regions in the Americas and Europe. As an event, the Urban Age catalyses the exchange of information, experiences and data across a global network of cities. The conferences operate as mobile laboratories, testing and sampling the social and physical characteristics of global cities through expert presentations and testimonials, research, site visits, mapping and informal information exchange.

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