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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…
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DPU Working Paper - No. 181
Repoliticizing Property: Sem-teto movements and the regeneration of downtown São Paulo…
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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…
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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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#177. Design for freedom: A paper examining urban design through the lens of the capability approach
177. Design for freedom: A paper examining urban design through the lens of the capability approach. 11 June 2015. Author: Amar Sood. Publication Date: May 2015. ISSN: 1474-3280. Urban design theory has an ambiguous basis within the urban…
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DPU Working Paper - No. 177
Design for freedom: A paper examining urban design through the lens of the capability approach…
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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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