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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…
Development Planning Unit
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…
Development Planning Unit
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…
Development Planning Unit
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.…
Development Planning Unit
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…
Development Planning Unit
Knowledge Exchange Programme - Sierra Leone Urban Research Centre UK Visit
Knowledge Exchange Programme - Sierra Leone Urban Research Centre UK Visit. 21 March 2016. Over the last two weeks, the DPU has had the pleasure to welcome and host members of staff from the recently established Sierra Leone Urban Development Centre …
Development Planning Unit
The role of community media in the pursuit of sustainable urban development
The role of community media in the pursuit of sustainable urban development. 18 March 2016. What role does media play in urban development? How are crucial urban issues being reported to citizens? Is the urban journalist another key stakeholder in…
Development Planning Unit
Seminar for the Challenges of Chinese Cities’ Governance
Seminar for the Challenges of Chinese Cities’ Governance. 9 March 2016. With the most tremendous wave of urbanisation in human history, effective urban management is needed to address the unparalleled growth of Asian megacities. Urban Knowledge…
Development Planning Unit
Medellin in motion: Governmental technologies of city-model making
Medellin in motion: Governmental technologies of city-model making. 4 March 2016. ‘Urban Governance and its Discontents’ was the hot topic at the latest Oxford City Debates event hosted by the Oxford Programme for the Future of Cities Througha…
Development Planning Unit
DPU Urban ARK Malawi Visit
Urban Africa Risk Knowledge (Urban ARK) is a 3-year programme that seeks to better understand the nature and scale of disaster risks in urban centres.…
Development Planning Unit