Watch: participatory urban planning in action
In Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, local SDI groups have played a critical role in making participatory planning a reality. Dialogue on Shelter, the Zimbabwe Homeless People’s Federation, together with staff and students from the National University for Science and technology,...
The potential contribution of the co-production of research to urban transformation
Diana Mitlin, Professor of Global Urbanism, is leading new research which looks into the importance of participatory planning and the co-production of knowledge in urban transformation. The latest paper, by sharing the experiences of the authors – as academics and...
GDI Lecture: Urban warfare: housing under the empire of finance with Raquel Rolnik
Listen or watch Raquel Rolnik, professor of Urban Planning at the University of São Paulo discuss her new book ‘Urban warfare: housing under the empire of finance’ In cities across the world the story is the same – housing is in crisis and...