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DPU and Njala University Joins Forces to Set Up the Sierra Leone Urban Research Centre
DPU and Njala University Joins Forces to Set Up the Sierra Leone Urban Research Centre. 20 November 2015. DPU and Njala University joins forces to set up the Sierra Leone Urban Research Centre. The end of October marked the start of activities at…
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Political Settlement in Somaliland Microsite Goes Live
Political Settlement in Somaliland Microsite Goes Live. 18 November 2015. The ongoing Political Settlement in Somaliland: A Gendered Perspective research, led by the DPU’s Michael Walls, has launched a microsite to present the research, and to…
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Mapping for Action: Towards a 'Just' Lima Without Risk
Mapping for Action: Towards a 'Just' Lima Without Risk. 16 November 2015. The ReMapLima and cLIMA sin Riesgo projects launched an exhibition to showcase the accomplishments of participatory mapping processes and signed an agreement of cooperation to…
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Indefensible Space Microsite Launched
Indefensible Space Microsite Launched. 6 November 2015. The ‘Indefensible Space’ microsite has been launched to present the research, and to share its developments and outputs produced during the lifetime of the project. The research, led by…
Development Planning Unit
Urban ARK Website Goes Live
Urban ARK Website Goes Live. 5 November 2015. We are delighted to announce that the Urban Africa Risk Knowledge (Urban ARK) project webpage is now live at www.urbanark.org. The DPU team comprised ofand Rita Lambert is a key part of the research…
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New Book Explores the Divergence of Urban Economies
New Book Explores the Divergence of Urban Economies. 27 October 2015. We are delighted to announce thatcourse co-director of our Msc Urban Economic Development at the DPU, has published a co-authored book titled The rise and fall of urban economies:…
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Urban Pamphleteer #5 - DPU contributions
Urban Pamphleteer #5 - DPU contributions. 22 September 2015. UCL Urban Laboratory has published the fifth edition of the Urban Pamphleteer, this issue focusing on Global Urban Higher Education, with a number of contributions from DPU researchers and…
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Research on Risks of Urban Relocation Begins
Research on Risks of Urban Relocation Begins. 11 September 2015. The research "Reducing Relocation and Resettlement Risk in Urban Areas" has launched a microsite to present the research, share its developments, follow the initiatives and download…
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A Playground for Syrian Refugee Children in Lebanon
A Playground for Syrian Refugee Children in Lebanon. 4 September 2015. DPU Alumni have spent the last year working to build a playground for Syrian refugee children living in Bar Elias, Lebanon. Riccardo Conti, Joana Dabaj and Laura Antona, former…
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Land value capture for infrastructure: Towards the redistributive city
Land value capture for infrastructure: Towards the redistributive city. 3 August 2015. Earlier this summer DPU hosted an international workshop to consider the potential of capturing the monetary value arising from changes in land use (‘land value…
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