Assistant Professor, Division of Global Architecture, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University
Seth Asare Okyere is a development planner and assistant professor at the Division of Global Architecture, Osaka University, Japan. He holds a Ph.D. in Urban Engineering from Osaka University, a Master of Science in Urban Planning and Policy Design (Cum laude ) from Politecnico Milano, Milan-Italy, and a Bachelor of Science in Development Planning (First Class Honours) from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi-Ghana. Seth was a MEXT scholar at Osaka University (2015-2018) where his research focused on rethinking urban informality and informal settlements improvement through the comprehension of indigenous socio-spatial structure, community management and human behavior in the indigenous settlements of La, Accra (Ghana). Seth is also recipient of the Konosuke Matsushita Memorial Foundation (KMMF) research grant for young and talented international researchers. Here, his awarded research focused on the socially induced self-management of common facilities in the Abese old quarter of La, Accra. Seth was also part of a team of experts that worked on the initial phase (2013) of European Union supported 'MyNeighborhood project', which explored social innovations for civic engagement and co-production in European cities through Web 2.0 technologies. Seth is a published author with a strong interest in urban development planning, informal settlements and sustainable community improvements, and social innovation in cities.
How a Japanese system can help African cities adapt to climate change
Apr 27, 2019 06:06 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Sub-Saharan Africa is already experiencing the realities of a changing climate and the situation is only going to get worse. The reasons for this are complex. And theyre exacerbated by deficits in the regions...
Accra's informal settlements are easing the city's urban housing crisis
Oct 09, 2018 13:10 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
Informal settlements continue to remain a significant component of many cities in the developing world. UN Habitat describes them as lacking security of tenure, not having durable housing and short of basic services....
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Why Germany ditched nuclear before coal – and why it won’t go back
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight