Wicked Urban Problem Cityscape: Africa – The Duality of Space

Click on the highlighted areas in the illustration, or select one of the labelled panels below, to hear how wicked urban problems – interconnected, contested and by definition resistant to single solutions – take shape in this illustration.

Explore the highlighted WUPs

Select a highlighted area in the illustration or use the topic links below to access the related audio-visual resource.

Illustrated cityscape of Africa with highlighted Wicked Urban Problems
© Uwe Lehmann
Precarious Tenancy Lack of Social Agency Gendered Movement Informal Trading Shared Space
Shared Space Informal Trading Gendered Movement Lack of Social Agency Precarious Tenancy

Many thanks to the Scientific Leads at the nine SMUS Core Partner Universities for sharing their insights and to Uwe Lehmann for his illustrations.

Wicked Urban Problem Cityscapes Project:

Concept development and project management: Thando Tilmann

Interaction image and web design by: Jay Yeon Chun

Audio technician: Maya Tilmann