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WUF7 conversations on the road to defining the Habitat III agenda for cities
Last week many members of the Development Planning Unit attended the 7th World Urban Forum in Medellin, Colombia.…
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Report on understanding child-centred urban disaster risk reduction in Asia
Report on understanding child-centred urban disaster risk reduction in Asia. 15 April 2014. MSc Urban Development Planning Alumnus Don Brown has recently co-written a report for the Asian Cities Climate Resilience Working Paper Series with Dr David…
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DPU staff participate in the 7th World Urban Forum
A large delegation of DPU staff are currently actively participating in the 7th World Urban Forum in Medellin, Colombia.…
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DPU at the UCL CALT Conference – 3rd April 2014
DPU at the UCL CALT Conference – 3rd April 2014. 7 April 2014. How do planners and ordinary citizens learn the city? How do we learn through maps and mapping? What capacities are activated / generated by such learning? Adriana Allen and Rita…
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DPU News Issue 57
Emerging Political Formations - Prospects for Gender Mainstreaming?…
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'Contested Urbanism in Dharavi: Writings and projects for the resilient city' now free to download
Contested Urbanism in Dharavi: Writings and projects for the resilient city' now free to download. 2 April 2014. On the occasion of the 7th World Urban Forum in Medellin and DPU’s large presence at this event, the book "Contested Urbanism in…
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DPU part of side-event on Right to Housing at the 25th Session of Human Rights Council in Geneva
DPU part of side-event on Right to Housing at the 25th Session of Human Rights Council in Geneva. 17 March 2014. The guiding principles for Adequate Housing and Security of Tenure produced by UN Special Rapporteur in Adequate Housing and Human…
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DPU alumni entry makes Royal Docks Competition shortlist
DPU alumni entry makes Royal Docks Competition shortlist. 5 March 2014. Alumni students Kay Pallaris (BUDD), Jamie Abbott (UDP), Luis Roja (UDP) and Francesca Guarascio (Urban Studies) joined forces with Briony Turner (King’s Geography PhD student)…
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Grounding Knowledge: Reflections on Community-driven Development in South East Asia
Grounding Knowledge: Reflections on Community-driven Development in South East Asia. 4 March 2014. A collection of essays recounting the experiences and learnings from the first class of the DPU/ACHR Junior Professionals Programme in 2012-13.…
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DPU Working Paper - No. 168
Integrating the concept of urban metabolism into planning of sustainable cities…
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