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Seminar for the Challenges of Chinese Cities’ Governance
Seminar for the Challenges of Chinese Cities’ Governance. 9 March 2016. With the most tremendous wave of urbanisation in human history, effective urban management is needed to address the unparalleled growth of Asian megacities. Urban Knowledge…
Development Planning Unit
Medellin in motion: Governmental technologies of city-model making
Medellin in motion: Governmental technologies of city-model making. 4 March 2016. ‘Urban Governance and its Discontents’ was the hot topic at the latest Oxford City Debates event hosted by the Oxford Programme for the Future of Cities Througha…
Development Planning Unit
DPU Urban ARK Malawi Visit
Urban Africa Risk Knowledge (Urban ARK) is a 3-year programme that seeks to better understand the nature and scale of disaster risks in urban centres.…
Development Planning Unit
The Prospects and Challenges of the SDGs in Asian Cities
The Prospects and Challenges of the SDGs in Asian Cities. 24 February 2016. Experiencing the largest wave of urbanisation in human history, a majority of Asia’s overall population will be living in urban areas by 2030. Effective urban management…
Development Planning Unit
Alexandre Apsan Frediani wins Early Career Engager of the Year Award
Alexandre Apsan Frediani wins Early Career Engager of the Year Award. 18 February 2016. We are delighted to announce that our very own Dr Alexandre Apsan Fredianihas won the prestigious Provost's Public Engagement Award for Early Career Engager of…
Development Planning Unit
A Social Agenda for the Olympics – Favela Upgrading and Integration into the City
A Social Agenda for the Olympics – Favela Upgrading and Integration into the City. 18 February 2016. DPU partner Ibase (the Brazilian Institute for Social and Economic Analyses) is developing a campaign to address the legacy of the Olympics Games…
Development Planning Unit
Is social integration the approach for connecting refugees and asylum seekers to cities?
Is social integration the approach for connecting refugees and asylum seekers to cities? 9 February 2016. In the face of increasing forced migration, cities have the imperative to deal with refugees and asylum seekers. Their presence in contemporary…
Development Planning Unit
Social protection for inclusive development in the Afar Region of Ethiopia
Social protection for inclusive development in the Afar Region of Ethiopia. 8 February 2016. By Zeremariam Fre (PhD) Consortium leader and principal investigator. The ‘Social Protection for Inclusive Development in the Afar Region of Ethiopia…
Development Planning Unit
“Resilient Barrios Altos” workshop begins in Lima
“Resilient Barrios Altos” workshop begins in Lima. 4 February 2016. The Workshop "Resilient Barrios Altos" held by the Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería (UNI) has begun in Lima and will continue through the month of February. This workshop…
Development Planning Unit
Mapping Food Safety and Environmental Hazards
Mapping Food Safety and Environmental Hazards. 29 January 2016. The Urban Zoonoses research project is investigating the effects of close interactions between people and animals in urban and peri-urban Nairobi on the spread of pathogens such…
Development Planning Unit