Past events
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Just sustainabilities - DPU contribution to UN-Habitat’s World Cities Report
Just sustainabilities - DPU contribution to UN-Habitat’s World Cities Report. 27 May 2016. UN-Habitat has just published the 2016 World Cities Report which is fully available online (). The report focuses on the emerging futures of urbanisation…
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Lessons for Fort McMurray's long road ahead to rebuilding – Cassidy Johnson on CBC Radio One
Lessons for Fort McMurray's long road ahead to rebuilding – Cassidy Johnson on CBC Radio One. 23 May 2016. Throughout May 2016 massive wildfires have been sweeping through western Canada leaving behind a trail of devastation. Beginning just…
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DPU at Pioneer Peripheries
DPU at Pioneer Peripheries. 13 May 2016. On Thursday 12 Mayand Co-director of the UCL Urban Laboratory, spoke at an event in Rome organised by the association Temporiuso and the Italian Ministry of Culture and Heritage, General Directorate of Arts,…
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Interns and Volunteers at the ESD field trip 2016
Interns and Volunteers at the ESD field trip 2016. 5 May 2016. An integral part of the Masters in Environment and Sustainable Development at the Development Planning Unit is a practice fieldwork abroad. For some years the programme has been visiting…
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The social impact of urban infrastructure investments - Julio Davila in Barranquilla
On 14 April DPU Director Julio D Davila was a keynote speaker at an annual conference to promote the city of Barranquilla, Colombia's fourth largest city, mainly to outside investors.…
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DPU involvement at London Citizens Mayoral Election Assembly
DPU involvement at London Citizens Mayoral Election Assembly. 3 May 2016. Last Thursday, more than 6,000 Londoners came together in the Copper Box Arena to asked for commitments from the two front running mayor candidates to some of the city’s…
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Borders and camps - Setting an initial research agenda
Borders and camps - Setting an initial research agenda. 19 April 2016. Makeshift camps, created in various and dynamically changing locations across Europe (near and within cities, ports, forests, borders), have become an integral part of the…
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What is the future of migrant ethnic businesses in Elephant and Castle regeneration process?
What is the future of migrant ethnic businesses in Elephant and Castle regeneration process? 12 April 2016. Retaining the cultural diversity of ethnic minorities in regeneration strategies constitutes a key urban challenge for London and many cities…
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Gender, climate change and urbanisation: Revisiting the links
There is a growing body of work exploring the relationship between gender and climate change, gender and urbanisation, and the links between urbanisation and climate change.…
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The Challenge of Sustainable Housing in Livable Cities - DPU at European Habitat III
The Challenge of Sustainable Housing in Livable Cities - DPU at European Habitat III. 22 March 2016. The Habitat III European Regional Meeting took place in Prague between 16th and 18th March 2016. It covered the fifty-six Member States of the…
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