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7th International i-Rec Conference and Student Competition
7th International i-Rec Conference and Student Competition. 06 July 2015–08 July 2015, 12:00 am–12:00 am. Event Information. Open to. All. Organiser. The Bartlett Development Planning Unit. Location. UCL. Disasters and crises are occurring more…
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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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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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Urban Africa Risk Knowledge: Urbanisation, poverty and disaster risk in sub-Saharan Africa
Urban Africa Risk Knowledge: Urbanisation, poverty and disaster risk in sub-Saharan Africa. 10 March 2015. DPU is a key part of a research consortium that has been awarded £3.3 million from the UK’s Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and…
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Alumni project tackling urban recycling featured at New York MoMA
Alumni project tackling urban recycling featured at New York MoMA. 21 January 2015. BUDD alumna Marisol Garcia (2010-11) with Ciudad Emergente, a collective practice based in Santiago (Chile), is featured as an example of Tactical Urbanisms for…
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Climate Change Governance in Cities: Why Experimentation is Essential
Climate Change Governance in Cities: Why Experimentation is Essential. 10 December 2014. An Urban Politics of Climate Change, a timely new book by Vanesa Castán Broto and co-authors Harriet Bulkeley and Gareth Edwards, is now available. The book…
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