Publications

The co-creation approach of Mistra Urban Futures forms the basis for the publications of the Centre, with academic as well as practitioner- and policy-oriented reports, papers, and briefs.

Croese, S., & Duminy, J. (2022). Co-producing urban expertise for SDG localization: the history and practices of urban knowledge production in South Africa. Urban Geography, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/02723638.2022.2079868
Platform: Cape TownType: Scientific article (peer-reviewed)Published year:
Croese, S., Oloko, M., Simon, D., & Valencia, S. C. (2021). Bringing the Global to the Local: the challenges of multi-level governance for global policy implementation in Africa. International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development, 13(3), 435–447. doi:10.1080/19463138.2021.1958335
Platform: Gothenburg, Cape Town, Kisumu, GlobalType: Scientific article (peer-reviewed)Published year:
Gutman. M., Cohen, M. (2021) Executive Summary Covid-19 in real time: comparing the struggle of three slums in Buenos Aires. New York: Observatory on Latin America
Platform: Buenos Aires Type: Report/Paper/Working paper/BriefPublished year:
Ranhagen, U. (2021) Transport and Sustainable Urban Development: a comparative project in collaboration between Cape Town, Kisumu and Gothenburg. Mistra Urban Futures Report 2021:1
Platform: Gothenburg, Cape Town, GlobalType: Report/Paper/Working paper/BriefPublished year:
Smit, W., Simon, D., Durakovic, E., Dymitrow, M., Haysom, G., Hemström, K & Riise, J. (2021) The challenge of conflicting rationalities about urban development: experiences from Mistra Urban Futures' transdisciplinary urban research. Trialog 137 Vol 2/2019, March 2021.
Platform: Gothenburg, Cape Town, GlobalType: Scientific article (peer-reviewed)Published year:
Simon, D., Vora, Y., Sharma, T., & Smit, W. (2021). Responding to Climate Change in Small and Intermediate Cities: Comparative Policy Perspectives from India and South Africa. Sustainability, 13(4), 2382. doi:10.3390/su13042382
Platform: Cape Town, Global, Shimla Type: Scientific article (peer-reviewed)Published year:
Cirolia, L. R. (2020). Contested fiscal geographies: Urban authority, everyday practice, and emerging state-finance relations. Geoforum, 117, 33–41. doi:10.1016/j.geoforum.2020.09.002
Platform: Cape TownType: Scientific article (peer-reviewed)Published year:
Cirolia, L. R. (2020). Fractured fiscal authority and fragmented infrastructures: Financing sustainable urban development in Sub-Saharan Africa. Habitat International, 104, 102233. doi:10.1016/j.habitatint.2020.102233
Platform: Cape TownType: Scientific article (peer-reviewed)Published year:
African Centre for Cities, City of Cape Town, University of Cape Town and Mistra Urban Futures (2020) Lessons on collaboration and co-production 2012-2020 Knowledge exchange between universities and municipalities for sustainable and just cities. UCT Report
Platform: Cape Town, GlobalType: Report/Paper/Working paper/BriefPublished year:
Gutman, M., Cohen, M., Nesprias, J., Versace, I., Reese, E., Miguens, L. and Belli, L.V. (2019) Localisation of the Agenda 2030 and its Sustainable Development Goals in Buenos Aires. Mistra Urban Futures Report 2019:8
Platform: Buenos Aires Type: Report/Paper/Working paper/BriefPublished year: