Joburg is co-hosting a conference on the effects of urbanisation, emphasising inclusivity

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Mayor to address Inclusive Cities conference Joburg is co-hosting an international conference on inclusion policies in African cities. With its rapid urbanisation, the continent needs to look at ways to stop people from being marginalised. March 1, 2007 By JoNews Reporter EXECUTIVE Mayor Amos Masondo is to deliver the keynote address at the Inclusive Cities conference taking place at the University of the Witwatersrand next week. Issues involving the inclusion and exclusion policies that affect the ever-growing, diverse inhabitants of African cities will be investigated. Co-hosted by the City of Johannesburg, the Development Bank of Southern Africa, the Human Sciences Research Council, South African Cities Network, the University of the Witwatersrand and Urban Landmark, the conference takes place on 6 and 7 March. Local government representatives and academics will tackle a range of topics, from access to land and housing the poor to African urban identities and citizenship. With the growing diversity of people in rapidly urbanising African cities, local governments need to find ways to prevent some inhabitants from being marginalised and excluded. The Inclusive Cities conference ties in with the current global debate on urbanisation. Almost half of Africa's population will be living in cities by 2020, according to estimates. UN Habitat, a United Nations agency focusing on human settlements, has emphasised the need to intervene in sub-Saharan Africa, which has the world's fastest rate of urbanisation. According to a UN Habitat report, inclusive processes of resource allocation and participation in decision-making are fundamental for sustainable growth in these areas. Research on inclusion and exclusion issues, conducted by the Southern African Development Bank and the Woodrow Wilson Centre in Washington DC, will be published after the conference. The conference will focus exclusively on African cities, including Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, Maputo, Dar es Salaam, Nairobi, Maseru and Lagos. Permission to use web site material Publishers may use material from this site free of charge, as long as: Credit is given to either the "City of Johannesburg website (www.joburg.org.za)" or to "Johannesburg News Agency (www.joburg.org.za)"; If the article is used online, a link is provided to the original article on this website; The name of the article's author is acknowledged; The webmaster is informed of how and where the material is used (fill in this brief online form). Johannesburg News Agency is operated by BIG Media at 011-484-1400 Print this Page E-mail this article to a friend Help using Joburg.org.za