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cLIMA sin Riesgo exhibition in London
cLIMA sin Riesgo exhibition in London. 1 November 2016. The cLIMA sin Riesgo project exhibitions have been an important channel to visualize and generate interest for having a deeper look at the urban every day and episodic risks. Now, this activity…
Development Planning Unit
Wrap-up of DPU activities at Habitat III
Wrap-up of DPU activities at Habitat III. 25 October 2016. The United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III) concluded on Thursday in Quito, Ecuador, with the adoption of the New Urban Agenda (NUA), meant to…
Development Planning Unit
SLURC Launched at Habitat III
SLURC Launched at Habitat III. 21 October 2016. Dr Andrea Rigon and Dr Alexandre Apsan Frediani coordinated and supported a delegation from Freetown (Sierra Leone) at the UN Habitat III conference. The delegation included Sam Gibson, Mayor of…
Development Planning Unit
Reducing Relocation Risk in Urban Areas Research Shared at Habitat III
Reducing Relocation Risk in Urban Areas Research Shared at Habitat III. 18 October 2016. The DPU ongoing collaborative research project ‘Reducing Relocation Risk in Urban Areas’ presented their research findings presented at Habitat III…
Development Planning Unit
Africa Regional Dossier published - key issues and propositions raised by civil society
Africa Regional Dossier published - key issues and propositions raised by civil society. 26 July 2016. The regional reporting process has been one of the key spaces for deliberation towards the production of the Zero Draft of the ‘New Urban…
Development Planning Unit
DPU Working Paper - No. 182
The power of urban street art in re-naturing urban imaginations and experiences…
Development Planning Unit
Urban Infrastructure Projects and Displacement in Nigeria
Urban Infrastructure Projects and Displacement in Nigeria. 27 June 2016. The infrastructure backlog in Nigerian cities presents an enormous impediment to efforts to improve the well-being of the country’s urban residents. However, the land…
Development Planning Unit
Lanes and Neighbourhoods in Cities in Asia - DPU involvement
Lanes and Neighbourhoods in Cities in Asia - DPU involvement. 27 June 2016. This week Dr. Camillo Boano, Director of the MSc Building and Urban Design in Development (BUDD) and Urban Laboratory Co-Director and DPU PhD candidate Kisnaphol…
Development Planning Unit
Sustainable Food Systems: The Role of the City
Sustainable Food Systems: The Role of the City. 21 June 2016. For more information visit UCL Press. About the book. Faced with a global threat to food security, it is perfectly possible that society will respond, not by a dystopian disintegration,…
Development Planning Unit
Untamed Urbanisms
Untamed Urbanisms. 31 May 2016. Edited by: Adriana Allen, Andrea Lampis and Mark Swilling. One of the major challenges of urban development has been reconciling the way cities develop with the mounting evidence of resource depletion and the negative…
Development Planning Unit