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Reflections from the 鈥楾owards an Autonomy of Housing鈥� event that took place on the 22nd of February 2017 and was presented by the UCL Development Planning Unit (DPU) as part of the series DPU Dialogues in Development.
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By Camillo Boano and Giovanna Astolfo
Statistics confirm that more than 60% of refugees worldwide live in urban areas and in the future, this figure is likely to gradually increase. Such a global phenomenon is forcing us to think not only about how integration and systems of care and assistance have to be shaped, but also about the very nature of the city and their forms.
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Reflections from the 鈥榃omen鈥檚 Political Participation in Somaliland鈥� event that took place on the 2nd of February 2017 and was presented by the UCL Development Planning Unit DPU, Somaliland Mission to the UK and Somaliland Focus (UK).
By Julia Moretti and Alexandre Apsan Frediani
Call to support the mobilisation against a new presidential act that intends to dismantle the regulations for land regularization in Brazil.
Spatial transformations caused by a coterie of social and economic factors have profoundly altered the urban landscape in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. In a lecture held at the Bartlett鈥檚 Department Planning Unit (DPU), urban specialist Dr. Muhammad Khadim discussed informal settlements in Makkah and measures to address the challenges posed by their growth.
In November 2013, super typhoon Yolanda hit the Philippines in full swing. Fragile shelter structures across the archipelago鈥檚 coastal areas did not withstand the strong winds and storm surges brought about by Yolanda. In the aftermath of the disaster, the government launched an emergency programme with the mission to 鈥榖uild back better鈥� [1]. The government听was听supported by the听international humanitarian community, whose swift response matched the scale of the disaster in its scope and ambition. Yet听serious funding challenges听were said to hamper recovery.
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The debate and discourse surrounding migration and the current refugee crisis is one that can be contentious and to a certain extent emotive bringing about polarised stands amongst different parties.
I attended the Hugo Conference in Li猫ge/Luik, Belgium from the 3rd 鈥� 5th Nov. 2016. The conference marked the creation of The Hugo Observatory for Environmental Migration at the University of Li猫ge, named for the Australian migration scholar Graeme Hugo. Designed to feed into the UN Climate Change Conference (COP22) taking place in Marrakech a few days later, the conference focused on two areas that seem to be gaining attention in the global research and policy landscape: migration and climate change.
Has democracy failed to resist the neoliberal vision of the city and does architecture have anything to contribute to the debate? A presentation by Leonardo Cappetto, an architect and co-founder of Grupo TOMA, came as a fresh and potent ray of hope on Thursday evening 鈥� 17th November 2016. Thanks to Dr. Camilo Boano, Leonardo was invited to present at the Development Planning Unit. His presentation commenced by juxtaposing the rise of populist right-wing politicians almost all around the world and the seeming demise of an alternative to the neoliberal city.
Research in the age of the falling attention span
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