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DPU News Issue 56
Are resilient cities always socially just cities?…
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DPU staff produce Topic Guide on Provision and Improvement of Housing for the Poor for DfID
DPU staff produce Topic Guide on Provision and Improvement of Housing for the Poor for DfID. 18 December 2013. Dr Kamna Patel has produced, with inputs from other DPU staff, a Topic Guide for the UK Department for International Development (DfID)…
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DPU Working Paper - No. 160
Beyond connectivity: The impacts of social media in urban development in Puerto Ayora, Ecuador…
Development Planning Unit
DPU PhD candidate Ignacia Ossul wins short film award at 911±¬ÁÏÍø ISR Sustainable Cities Symposium
DPU PhD candidate Ignacia Ossul wins short film award at 911±¬ÁÏÍø ISR Sustainable Cities Symposium. 6 December 2013. Ignacia Ossul, currently enrolled in the PhD programme at the DPU, has been awarded the People' Award for the short film competition at…
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Report on ‘Participatory Informal Settlement Upgrading and Well-being in Kisumu, Kenya’
Report on ‘Participatory Informal Settlement Upgrading and Well-being in Kisumu, Kenya’. 2 December 2013. The MSc Social Development Practice Programme is pleased to announce the launch and publication of a student report entitled…
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Updates from the DPU summerLabs, 2013
Updates from the DPU summerLabs, 2013. 22 November 2013. The video "Occupation City" presenting the experience of the Rome SummerLab 2013 is now available. The DPU summerLab team would like to express their thanks to all participants who helped make…
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Public Private People Partnership for Climate Compatible Development wins UNFCCC Lighthouse Award
Public Private People Partnership for Climate Compatible Development wins UNFCCC Lighthouse Award. 21 November 2013. On Tuesday 20 November the Public Private People Partnership for Climate Compatible Development (4PCCD) received the prestigious…
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DPU teams up with CASA and UCL Urban Laboratory for research project in Lima, Peru
The Bartlett Research Materialisation Grant 2013 of £50,000 has been awarded to the project entitled Mapping Beyond the Palimpsest.…
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UN recognition for a DPU climate adaptation project in Mozambique as a 2013 Lighthouse Activity
UN recognition for a DPU climate adaptation project in Mozambique as a 2013 Lighthouse Activity. 6 November 2013. A UCL-led project dedicated to empowering the urban poor to design and implement activities to adapt to climate change in Maputo,…
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DPU Windsor Workshop on land use in Dar es Salaam
DPU Windsor Workshop on land use in Dar es Salaam. 31 October 2013. This week has seen DPU’s annual workshop for students at Windsor. Each year, students from each of our MSc programmes, as well as the PhD programme, travel to the Cumberland Lodge…
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