by Matt Cullinan | Jul 23, 2018 | Blog, MCA project profile
Why do the SDGs matter to local government? Local government contributes to achieving each SDG goal. It is important to note that local government does not implement the SDGs, but rather through its activities, strategies and programmes contributes to achieving them....
by Matt Cullinan | Feb 13, 2018 | Blog, MCA project profile
“Leading Change: Delivering the New Urban Agenda through Urban and Territorial Planning” is a companion to the International Guidelines on Urban and Territorial Planning. The first paragraph of Chapter 1 (No time to lose) sums up the intent and focus:...
by Matt Cullinan | Feb 6, 2018 | Blog, MCA project profile
Day Zero is the day when the water supply dams for the Cape Metro Region reach 13.5% and the water can no longer be supplied to citizens, businesses and agriculture. It is the day when the taps are, quite literally, turned off. Day Zero is an alarming prospect. In...
by Gill Cullinan | Jan 20, 2015 | Blog, MCA project profile
The Legacy of the Provincial Planning Commission At the end of 2010 the KwaZulu-Natal Planning and Development Commission’s term of office ended. To highlight the work of the Commission from the 1950s to 2010, the Commission put together a book, and asked MCA to do a...
by Matt Cullinan | Apr 22, 2013 | Blog, MCA project profile
MCA embarked on a fantastic research journey in 2011 when we joined forces with the Sustainability Institute to produce two of the four UN Habitat Quick Guides on Urban Patterns for a Green Economy (see project details on our Projects page). As always in our line of...