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Tiong Bahru: A Recipe for Transformation
Rapid commercial transformation in the neighbourhood has set the table for social change. But is gentrification on the menu? By Sean Lee...
Sean Lee & Lawrence Xi
Apr 23, 20217 min read


Building Bloomsbury 2025
The first-ever Building Bloomsbury Hackathon has come to an end, and what an incredible journey it has been! Over four days, UCL students...
Mar 163 min read
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Rootless: Ho Chi Minh City and Jakarta
By Julian Gooneratne / Year 2 BsC Urban Planning, Design and Management Editors Note: Welcome to Post #2! We are planning to make shorter...
Jan 26, 20225 min read
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Rootless: belonging in an (un)planned world
By Julian Gooneratne / Year 2 BsC Urban Planning, Design and Management Editors Note: Julian graciously wrote about three cities he is...
Jan 15, 20224 min read
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'Shantytowns' Completely Eliminated: THE NEWER, THE BETTER?
Shanghai's Jing'an District has taken the lead in achieving the "Five-year Plan" to redevelop all '"dilapidated" houses under "Level 2"...
Nov 9, 20218 min read
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A Taste of Hackney
'Recipes for success or failure: vegan chicken shops, designer bags and Tesco towers.' By Oveis Rezazadeh and Kameliya Staneva Written...
Sep 21, 20217 min read
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Tiong Bahru: A Recipe for Transformation
Rapid commercial transformation in the neighbourhood has set the table for social change. But is gentrification on the menu? By Sean Lee...
Apr 23, 20217 min read
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Diverse Dalston: Good or bad?
By Bryan Goh and Jeremy Wong Written for the Cities and Social Change module, students are tasked to investigate a physical and social...
Apr 15, 20218 min read
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Cars and equ(al)ity: A look at transportation and social justice since the 20th Century
Written by Fola Olaleye The car played an important role in reshaping modern cities and offered a degree of freedom to people (as long as...
Mar 4, 20217 min read
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The 'Bi-polar' English Housing Market
Written by Alex Talbot The DSM-5 describes bipolar disorders as a group of brain disorders characterised by their tendency to cause...
Dec 12, 202011 min read
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