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Patrick Brandful Cobbinah

@PatrickBrandful

Associate Professor in Urban Planning, University of Melbourne

 Melbourne, Victoria
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Joined June 2022
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Gideon Abagna Azunre@Abagna_GidAug 13
Excited to share the second paper from my recently completed doctoral research at @GPEConcordia sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Thanks @USJ_online for including our article in the Editors' featured articles 🙏
Urban Studies Journal (@USJ_online) profile pictureUrban Studies Journal@USJ_online12 May 2025
This quarter's Urban Studies Editors' Featured Articles are now free to download from our website for a limited time only ow.ly/BVmJ50TIS55 #EditorsPicks #FreeAccess @PI_Korah @PatrickBrandful
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Please join us as we discuss the future of informality @FinnBrandonMarc
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Congratulations @PI_Korah
Prosper Korah (@PI_Korah) profile pictureProsper Korah@PI_Korah31 Dec 2023
Beyond the known: Walking accessibility twist to new cities sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Tanzil Shafique@TanzilShafique31 Oct 2023
Happening today 👇🏻
Tanzil Shafique (@TanzilShafique) profile pictureTanzil Shafique@TanzilShafique17 Oct 2023
In the next book talk, on Oct 31, at 4 pm, I will talk about our recently published 'Atlas of Informal Settlements '(Bloomsbury, 2023) and present few of the key cases from the 51 in the book, as well as talk about the politics of knowledge production. Join in person or online
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Extremely pleased to have this open-access commentary published in the prestigious journal @DialoguesHG. Thanks, @BtheFinn, @PI_Korah, and @Abagna_Gid for your feedback on the earlier version: doi.org/10.1177/204382062311…
The oddity of desiring informality - Patrick Brandful Cobbinah, 2025

The oddity of desiring informality - Patrick Brandful Cobbinah, 2025

Informality has become central to urban sustainability and one of the most polemically debated topics in modern urban studies and human geography. Finn's a...

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An important research on the preparedness of Australian urban planning professionals to address climate change in their work
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Survey of Australian urban planners finds high levels of perceived climate change knowledge, but less ability to communicate knowledge, apply it, and make judgements. Implications for further education - with @PatrickBrandful @bushjude @ericgaisie04 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
Continuing Education for Climate Change: A Study of Australian Urban Planners’ Current Practices...

Continuing Education for Climate Change: A Study of Australian Urban Planners’ Current Practices...

Despite the critical need for urban planners to address climate change, there is a limited understanding of planning professionals’ perceptions of their climate...

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Good to finally see this paper out. We open the discussion on urban planning-sustainability narrative on urban forest in particular and urban green infrastructure in general in Global South cities, focusing on Accra protect-au.mimecast.com/s/I2…
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Understanding the structural dynamics of informality from an African perspective. Important and insightful contribution. Congratulations @BtheFinn
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The second in the series of special issues on Africa city
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NEW: ##freeaccess City in Africa II: Urban environmental health. buff.ly/3lp1U0k @RoutledgeGPU @JRE_UAA @UAAnews @DrBHanlon @PatrickBrandful #UrbandStudies #Africancity #EnvironmentalHealth. Part of upcoming special issue
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Journal of Urban Affairs (JUA)@JUAurban8 Feb 2023
NEW: ##freeaccess City in Africa II: Urban environmental health. buff.ly/3lp1U0k @RoutledgeGPU @JRE_UAA @UAAnews @DrBHanlon @PatrickBrandful #UrbandStudies #Africancity #EnvironmentalHealth. Part of upcoming special issue
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Journal of Urban Affairs (JUA)@JUAurban6 Feb 2023
NEW: #freeaccess City in Africa I: Urbanism and informality. buff.ly/3JL8rNn @RoutledgeGPU @JRE_UAA @UAAnews @DrBHanlon @PatrickBrandful #UrbanStudies #Africancity #informality part of an upcoming special issue
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Thanks for sharing @JWPaller. Am important contribution to African urban planning research. Many thanks to all the contributing authors @JUAurban
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City in Africa I: Urbanism and informality tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

City in Africa I: Urbanism and informality

Published in Journal of Urban Affairs (Vol. 45, No. 3, 2023)

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Urban Studies Journal@USJ_online6 Feb 2023
The second February 2023 issue (Vol. 60 Issue 3) of #UrbanStudies is out now. Our new issue features papers by @BtheFinn, @PatrickBrandful, @wangxize316, @DrLiuCao, @katiecmoliver, @miro_born, @miklos_duerr, @VeronicaHendel and many more. journals.sagepub.com/toc/usj…
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Eric Gaisie@ericgaisie0418 Jan 2023
Our new Open Access research article on Planning for context-based climate adaptation with @PatrickBrandful via sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Pleased to share this timely article on positionality of urban citizens on urban green infrastructure. Thanks to the team: protect-au.mimecast.com/s/-l…
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Interesting position for social planners at the best university in Australia
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Happy to see this important paper on Just Urban Transformation in African cities published in the Journal of Planning Literature. Thanks @BtheFinn for the collaboration: doi.org/10.1177/088541222211…
Planning and Climate Change in African Cities: Informal Urbanization and ‘Just’ Urban Transformat...

Planning and Climate Change in African Cities: Informal Urbanization and ‘Just’ Urban Transformat...

The proliferation of informal settlements and growing risks of climate change across African cities pose core questions to urban planning theory and practice. W...

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Interesting piece of work. Well done @PI_Korah and team
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Prosper Korah@PI_Korah20 Sep 2022
I’m pleased to share that I have been awarded @USForg (USF) International Fellowship for my project “New cities in Ghana”. I will be working with @PatrickBrandful at Melbourne School of Design.
Urban Studies Foundation (@USForg) profile pictureUrban Studies Foundation@USForg20 Sep 2022
The @USForg is excited to announce eight new International Fellowship awards! 🎊🎊🎊 Read more about this year's Fellows & their work here ➡️ urbanstudiesfoundation.org/2…
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