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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.…
Development Planning Unit
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…
Development Planning Unit
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…
Development Planning Unit
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…
Development Planning Unit
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…
Development Planning Unit
DPU Working Paper - No. 172
From false dawns to new beginnings: A tale of urban revolutions past, present and future…
Development Planning Unit
‘Learning Lima’ Project Opens Space for People in Voices for Climate at COP20
‘Learning Lima’ Project Opens Space for People in Voices for Climate at COP20. 1 December 2014. The DPU will be at COP20 in Lima between 1st and 12th December 2014, offering an open space for the voices of ordinary women and men in Lima living…
Development Planning Unit
DPU Working Paper - No. 171
King’s Cross railway lands: A “good argument” for change?…
Development Planning Unit
Building Knowledge for Peri-Urban Planning Practices
Building Knowledge for Peri-Urban Planning Practices. 4 November 2014. We are continuing our tradition of research in the peri-urban interface through several new initiatives, including some seed-funding recently awarded by the International Social…
Development Planning Unit
DPU Working Paper - No. 170
Is BOP2 pro-poor? A theoretical analysis from a development perspective…
Development Planning Unit