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From urban informality to living heritage: engaging with Yangon city making practices
UCL Centre for Critical Heritage Studies seminar by Dr Catalina Ortiz and Dr Giovanna Astolfo (The Bartlett Development Planning Unit, UCL).…
UCL Urban Laboratory|Development Planning Unit
Reclaiming the ‘Leftover City’
Dr Christos Papastergiou asks whether leftover sites can act as a resource for urban life by hosting temporary or alternative uses.…
Faculty of the Built Environment
Urban Planning and Electrification of sub-Saharan African Informal Settlements
Urban Planning and Electrification of sub-Saharan African Informal Settlements. 28 August 2015. Informal settlements constitute a major part of African cities - 72 % of the urban population of sub-Saharan Africa lives in slums (UNFPA, 2007). The…
UCL Energy Institute
Urban Planning and Electrification of sub-Saharan African Informal Settlements
Urban Planning and Electrification of sub-Saharan African Informal Settlements. 28 August 2015. Informal settlements constitute a major part of African cities - 72 % of the urban population of sub-Saharan Africa lives in slums (UNFPA, 2007). The…
UCL Energy Institute
DPU Working Paper - No. 180
Mapping for Environmental Justice: The Power of Maps in Karachi's Informal Settlements…
Development Planning Unit
#180. Mapping for Environmental Justice: The Power of Maps in Karachi's Informal Settlements
180. Mapping for Environmental Justice: The Power of Maps in Karachi's Informal Settlements. 29 July 2015. Author:Rita Lambert. Publication Date:June 2015. ISSN:1474-3280. This paper adopts environmental justice as the broad normative framework. It…
Development Planning Unit
IEDE researcher works on informal urban settlements installation on display at Southbank Centre
UCL IEDE Research Associate, Dr Claire McAndrew, is part of an interdisciplinary team working on the project entitled "3x4 exploring metaspace platforms for inclusive future cities".…
UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering
DPU Working Paper - No. 155
Urbanising favelas, overlooking people…
Development Planning Unit
#155. Urbanising favelas, overlooking people
155. Urbanising favelas, overlooking people. 14 August 2013. Author: Mariana Dias Simpson. Publication Date: August 2013. ISSN 1474-3280. The history of Brazilian housing policies and programmes mirrors approaches and methodologies set by…
Development Planning Unit
#140. Urbanism & the Production of Knowledge: The Case of Informality
140. Urbanism &the Production of Knowledge: The Case of Informality. 6 November 2011. Authors:Andrew Wade. Publication Date: 2009. The subject of informality in architecture and urbanism is well documented, and in fact has seen a revival in the…
Development Planning Unit