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Participatory Planning for Climate Compatible Development in Maputo, Mozambique
Participatory Planning for Climate Compatible Development in Maputo, Mozambique. 14 January 2016. Edited by: Vanesa Castán Broto; Jonathan Ensor; Emily Boyd; Charlotte Allen; Carlos Seventine; Domingos Augusto Macucule. Open Access PDF ISBN:…
Development Planning Unit
Grid Connected but the Urban Poor Still Lack Energy Access
Grid Connected but the Urban Poor Still Lack Energy Access. 9 December 2015. This week at the COP21 climate change negotiations in Paris, there has been discussion of the role cities can play in reducing emissions. There has also been discussion of…
Development Planning Unit
DPU involvement at the 'Limiti Urbani/Urban Limits' workshop
DPU involvement at the 'Limiti Urbani/Urban Limits' workshop. 7 December 2015. The DPU’s Camillo Boano, MSc BUDD Director and Co-director of the UCL Urban Laboratory was invited to participate in a workshop organised by UNIVERSUD and the Faculty…
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‘Gender, Asset Accumulation and Just Cities’: DPU Book Launch
‘Gender, Asset Accumulation and Just Cities’: DPU Book Launch. 3 December 2015. ‘Gender, Asset Accumulation and Just Cities’: DPU Book Launch. The DPU hosted an event on the 25th November to launch an important new book, ‘Gender, Asset…
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DPU and Njala University Joins Forces to Set Up the Sierra Leone Urban Research Centre
DPU and Njala University Joins Forces to Set Up the Sierra Leone Urban Research Centre. 20 November 2015. DPU and Njala University joins forces to set up the Sierra Leone Urban Research Centre. The end of October marked the start of activities at…
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Mapping for Action: Towards a 'Just' Lima Without Risk
Mapping for Action: Towards a 'Just' Lima Without Risk. 16 November 2015. The ReMapLima and cLIMA sin Riesgo projects launched an exhibition to showcase the accomplishments of participatory mapping processes and signed an agreement of cooperation to…
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Research on Risks of Urban Relocation Begins
Research on Risks of Urban Relocation Begins. 11 September 2015. The research "Reducing Relocation and Resettlement Risk in Urban Areas" has launched a microsite to present the research, share its developments, follow the initiatives and download…
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Land value capture for infrastructure: Towards the redistributive city
Land value capture for infrastructure: Towards the redistributive city. 3 August 2015. Earlier this summer DPU hosted an international workshop to consider the potential of capturing the monetary value arising from changes in land use (‘land value…
Development Planning Unit
DPU Working Paper - No. 181
Repoliticizing Property: Sem-teto movements and the regeneration of downtown São Paulo…
Development Planning Unit
cLIMA sin Riesgo project launches digital platform
cLIMA sin Riesgo project launches digital platform. 27 July 2015. One of our latest action-research projects - cLIMAsinRiesgo - has launched a dedicated website www.climasinriesgo.net which will serve as the digital space of dialogue throughout the…
Development Planning Unit