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i-Rec conference 2015: International Perspectives on Disaster Recovery and Reconstruction
During 6-8 July 2015 we hosted the 7th International i-Rec conference.…
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New Book Captures the Essence of Managing City Economies
New Book Captures the Essence of Managing City Economies. 6 July 2015. We are happy to announce the recent release of a new book: Managing the City Economy by Dr Le-Yin Zhang, Senior Lecturer and Course Director of the MSc Urban Economic Development…
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Caren Levy receives student choice award for outstanding teaching
Caren Levy receives student choice award for outstanding teaching. 19 June 2015. On Monday 8 June 2015 Caren Levy was presented with an award for Outstanding Teaching in UCL at the UCL Union’s Student Choice Teaching Awards 2015. We are delighted…
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Building reciprocal rural-urban linkages through infrastructure investment and development
We have recently contributed a Topic Guide for DFID’s Evidence on Demand information hub.…
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Learning Lima welcomes young Peruvian professionals to cLIMA sin Riesgo
Learning Lima welcomes young Peruvian professionals to cLIMA sin Riesgo. 24 April 2015. The action learning platform Learning Lima welcomes twelve interns and two advisors from Lima to join the project cLIMA sin Riesgo. Led by Adriana Allen and Rita…
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Disrupting urban 'risk traps': Bridging finance and knowledge for climate resilient planning in Lima
Disrupting urban 'risk traps': Bridging finance and knowledge for climate resilient planning in Lima. 22 April 2015. Born out of Learning Lima, new DPU research explores the conditions that produce and reproduce urban ‘risk traps’. How and where…
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Building the evidence-base for Humanitarian Response in Cities
Building the evidence-base for Humanitarian Response in Cities. 20 April 2015. We have just released a major piece of work commissioned by DFID Humanitarian Policy and Partnerships Group, CHASE. The review, looks at the current evidence-base on…
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Habitat III conversations continue: Prepcom 2 in Nairobi
Habitat III conversations continue: Prepcom 2 in Nairobi. 16 April 2015. The second session of the Preparatory Committee of the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III) is convening this week in Nairobi.…
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Discussions on Habitat III pick up speed at 14th World Social Forum
Discussions on Habitat III pick up speed at 14th World Social Forum. 24 March 2015. Civil society groups are currently discussing their expectations of the Third United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III) at…
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Can better social protection support inclusive development in Ethiopia?
Can better social protection support inclusive development in Ethiopia? 12 March 2015. A consortium consisting of the DPU, Adi Grat University in Northern Ethiopia and the Pastoral and Environmental Network in the Horn of Africa (PENHA) have secured…
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