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Award for PhD research on indigenous resistance to resource exploitation in Chile
Award for PhD research on indigenous resistance to resource exploitation in Chile. 27 October 2014. Cristian Olmos has received a prize in appreciation of his work on indigenous communities in the Atacama Desert, Chile. The award was made by the…
Development Planning Unit
Learning Lima: Collaborative action-learning through mapping
Learning Lima: Collaborative action-learning through mapping. 15 October 2014. Learning Lima [] is an action-learning platform set up in September 2012 as a collaborative undertaking between DPU (Adriana Allen and Rita Lambert) and a number of…
Development Planning Unit
Re-imagining planning central to 2015 World Cities Report
Re-imagining planning central to 2015 World Cities Report. 14 October 2014. Reinvigorating planning and reinforcing political support for sustainable urban development will be among the key topics in the forthcoming World Cities Report 2015. The…
Development Planning Unit
Who is feeding African Cities?
DPU ESD staff and students contribute to a new book on Irrigated urban vegetable production in Ghana, edited by the International Water Management Institute.…
Development Planning Unit
Visible Anthropology through mapping: DPU PhD candidate receives distinguished award
Visible Anthropology through mapping: DPU PhD candidate receives distinguished award. 30 September 2014. In recognition of her innovative doctoral research, Tatiana Ome has recently received an academic prize awarded by ‘Visible Anthropology’…
Development Planning Unit
DPU History Booklet Now Online
As part of our on going 60th Anniversary Celebrations we are delighted to publicly launch a booklet celebrating the our history.…
Development Planning Unit
DPU contributes to discussions on Medellin's Strategic Spatial Plan
DPU contributes to discussions on Medellin's Strategic Spatial Plan. 26 August 2014. From August 21st to October 8th the work of community organizations, NGOs and universities in Medellin, Colombia on development alternatives for District 8 -…
Development Planning Unit
DPU Celebrates 60 Years with Anniversary Conference
Between 2nd and 4th July 2014 the DPU welcomed over 200 participants to our anniversary conference Thinking Across Boundaries: Re-imagining Planning in the Urban Global South.…
Development Planning Unit
‘DPU60 Reflections’ Working Paper series announced as conference kicks off
‘DPU60 Reflections’ Working Paper series announced as conference kicks off. 2 July 2014. As the DPU60 Anniversary conference begins, and three days of discussions on the future of development planning get underway, we are delighted to announced…
Development Planning Unit
‘Thinking Across Boundaries – Planning Dilemmas in the Urban Global South’ launched online
‘Thinking Across Boundaries – Planning Dilemmas in the Urban Global South’ launched online. 30 June 2014. The DPU is proudly launching the ‘Thinking Across Boundaries – Planning Dilemmas in the Urban Global South’ short film series, in…
Development Planning Unit