Active Mobility Issues in African Cities

Did you miss out on the MAC NextGen Research Forum 29 November, on Exploring Active Mobility Issues in African Cities? Catch up with recording and the presenters slides, which you find linked in the Program below.

PROGRAM

Welcome and introduction: Henrik Nolmark, VREF Director
Moderators: Robert Ambunda, University of Namibia; Paschalin Basil, University of Nairobi, Kenya
Logistical host: Karin Henriksson, VREF Communications Officer

The MAC NextGen initiative – short orientation and news: Robert Ambunda, Paschalin Basil

PRESENTATIONS

“Pedestrianizing cities: examining pedestrian behaviour in Accra” (PDF)
Presenter: Jonathan Otumfuor, University of Ghana
Discussant: Mercy Edna Manyasa, Technical University of Kenya

“Urban roads: enablers or barriers to walking” (PDF)
Presenter: Polycap Chebe, Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
Discussant: Namatirai Cheure, University of Pretoria, South Africa

“Predictors of disruptive activities to walking in Accra, Ghana” (PDF)
Presenter: Kwame Odame, University of Cape Coast, Ghana
Discussant: Ragina Gitau, University of Stuttgart, Germany 

Plenary Discussion