The New Fishing Imperialism
Fish are amongst the most extensively traded commodities in the world, with a global export value of almost US$ 60 billion. In the Global South, sea food products comprise 20 % of agricultural and food...
View ArticleDPU Statement on UCL Expansion to Stratford
Photo by Flickr member: ©J@ck! At a public meeting held on 24th September to discuss UCL’s planned expansion on the Carpenters Estate, Estate residents clearly and collectively stated their opposition...
View ArticleWindsor Workshop at the DPU
Post written in collaboration with Josephine Wilka. Students of the MSc Development Administration and Planning On the 30th October 2012 at 11am, there was a lot of commotion at the Cumberland Lodge:...
View ArticlePost-election Reflections from Somaliland
The history of Somaliland has long existed as a quiet success story within the more volatile Horn of Africa. Having declared independence from neighboring Somali in 1991, the nation has since operated...
View ArticleReflections on recent Centennial Congress of the International Federation of...
Cover of special edition of Arkitektur DK for the IFHP Centenary Congress 2013 in London The Centennial Congress of the International Federation of Housing and Planning (IFHP) recently brought...
View ArticleFire in Valparaiso: It’s no coincidence that the poor were the worst affected
Valparaiso Fires. Image: Reuters A few days ago, Chile’s port city of Valparaiso witnessed one of the worst fires of their history. It began in a forest close to one of the hilltop communities, and was...
View ArticleDPU60 Day 1 – A Future for Development Planning: Thinking Across Boundaries
The DPU60 Conference kicked off in front of an expectant audience The DPU’s 60th Anniversary has begun! The conversation quickly got going yesterday evening, laying down some of the key challenges we...
View ArticleDPU60 Day 2 – Informality, contestation, pragmatism and the urban imperative.
The DPU welcomed Joan Clos, the Director of UN Habitat, and Micahel Arthur, UCL Provost to a session that also featured DPU Visiting Professor David Satterthwaite. The session was chaired by Julio D....
View ArticleDPU60 Day 3 – resources, justice, intersectionality and learning in urban...
DPU60 Conference Participants at the British Medical Association in London – over 200 people attended the conference in total The third and final day of the DPU60 conference offered up plenty of food...
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