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361º: the degree of [in]difference
Post written by: Laura Colloridi. DPU alumna 2009 At its fourth edition, the 361 Degrees Conference organised by ‘Indian Architect & Builder’ magazine explored the subject of Design & Informal...
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Informal settlements and ‘the housing question’?
There is no shortage of global, historical and national initiatives to improve the housing of poor women and men currently and predominantly living in informal settlements. Yet, as Geoff Payne (2005)...
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The struggle for the recognition of collectively owned urban land in...
Post written by Jo Maguire, DPU alumna 2003-05. The new Bolivian constitution, introduced in January 2010, when over 64% of the voting population approved it, states that adequate housing is a right...
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Favela Upgrading and Integration into the City – 20 years on
In 1996, when Rio de Janeiro was a candidate to host the Olympics for the first time, the Brazilian Institute for Social and Economic Analyses (Ibase, in Portuguese) proposed that such a mega event...
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