Diana Lee-Smith
General Information
Occupation: Architect
Date of Birth: 1940
Birth Country: United Kingdom
Resident Country: United Kingdom
Notes: Manuscript collection in IAWA: Ms90-005
Specialties
Subject: housing and shelter conditions in Africa
Description: Diana Lee-Smith lives and works in Nairobi, Kenya, where she was one of the founders of Mazingira Institute, an independent research and development NGO and carried out the first major research study of urban agriculture in the 1980s. From 2002-2005 she led the African Regional programme of Urban harvest, an initiative of the international agriculture research system. She was also the Gender Focal Point of UN-Habitat for three years and has published widely on development and environment issues, including urban agriculture and women's issues. mazingira Institute currently hosts Nefsalf, a policy forum for urban farmers in Nairobi that also provides training and a voice for urban farmers.
Url: http://www.ryerson.ca/foodsecurity/who/people/lee-smith/index.html
Jobs
Employer: Strategic Initiative on Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture (SIUPA)
Title: Sub-Saharan Africa Coordinator
City: Nairobi
Notes: the Institute comes under, International Potato Centre,
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Education
Institution: Lund University in Sweden
Department: Architecture and Development
Degree: Ph.D
Licensing
License: Qualified Architect
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Publications By
Title: Women and UN-HABITAT: A History: An article from: Women & Environments International Magazine
Publication: Women & Environments International Magazine
Page: 8-10
Publisher: ProQuest Information and Learning
Date Published: January 01, 2006
Notes: Digital paper
Title: Cities Feeding People: An Examination of Urban Agriculture in East Africa
Co-author: International Development Research Centre (Canada), Axumite G. Egziaher (Editor), Daniel G. Maxwell (Contributor).
Publication: Book
Publisher: IDRC
Date Published: January 01, 1994
Title: Uses of trees and shrubs identified by rural children in Kenya
Publication: Book
Publisher: Mazingira Institute
Date Published: January 01, 1980
Title: Institution development for delivery of low-income housing
Co-author: Memon P. A.
Publication: Third world planning review
Volume: 10
Issue: 3
Page: 217-238
City: Nairobi
Country: Kenya
Date Published: January 01, 1988
Title: Social Transformation in a Post-colonial City: The Case of Nairobi
Co-author: Davinder Lamba, Edited by Mario Polèse and Richard Stren
Publication: The Social Sustainability of cities: Diversity and the maagement of Change
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
City: Toronto
Country: Canada
Date Published: January 01, 2000
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