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IGP RELIEF Centre awarded funding for research on urban recovery solutions in Beirut, Lebanon.
The RELIEF Centre will assess vulnerabilities for urban recovery solutions in the Mar Mikhael and Karantina neighbourhoods in Beirut, Lebanon.…
UCL Institute for Global Prosperity|Development Planning Unit
The COVID-19 “Crisis” in Contested Cities and Divided Societies
Post COVID-19 Urban Futures webinar series - No. 4 hosted by Haim Yacobi…
Development Planning Unit
Video research output featuring DPU's Cassidy Johnson explores future of global city growth
The DPU's Cassidy Johnson features in a new AXA Research Fund produced video as an output for an ongoing collaborative research project…
Development Planning Unit
Imagining opportunities for just development in Dar es Salaam
DPU lecturer and EngD candidate, Pascale Hofmann, recently led the DPU strand of UCL's Global Citizenship programme and reflects on how it related to her research experience in Dar es Salaam.…
Development Planning Unit
'Engaged Urbanism' Book Launch
Engaged Urbanism' Book Launch. 9 November 2016. The UCL Urban Laboratory will be launching its new anthology Engaged Urbanism: Cities and Methodologies, edited by Ben Campkin and Ger Duijzings, at the Free Word Centre in Farringdon on Friday 9…
Development Planning Unit
Urban Water Trajectories
Urban Water Trajectories. 7 November 2016. Urban Water Trajectories. Co-edited by Adriana Allen and Pascale Hofmann in collaboration with Sarah Bell and T. H Teh, published by Springer. Water is an essential element in the future of cities. It…
Development Planning Unit
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