Tiong Bahru: A Recipe for Transformation
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Rapid commercial transformation in the neighbourhood has set the table for social change. But is gentrification on the menu? By Sean Lee...

- Jan 26, 2022
- 5 min
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...
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- Jan 15, 2022
- 4 min
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...
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- Nov 9, 2021
- 8 min
'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"...
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- Sep 21, 2021
- 7 min
A Taste of Hackney
'Recipes for success or failure: vegan chicken shops, designer bags and Tesco towers.' By Oveis Rezazadeh and Kameliya Staneva Written...
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- Apr 23, 2021
- 7 min
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...
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- Apr 15, 2021
- 8 min
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...
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- Mar 4, 2021
- 7 min
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...
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- Dec 12, 2020
- 11 min
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...
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- Sep 29, 2020
- 4 min
Building Blocks: bridging big data and urban design
Written by Isabel Syrek Participate in building a new knowledge resource for students and staff at The Bartlett School of Planning Join...
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- Sep 21, 2020
- 4 min
Why data analytics should be taught to all planners
Written by Sean Lee I had a fruitful summer at Singapore’s JTC Corporation. A government-linked company (think QUANGO), it owns and...
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- Aug 24, 2020
- 5 min
My virtual working experience during the UK lockdown
Written by Gabriel Cooper Hey all, I’m Gabriel and I’m now going into my second year of studies (Urban Planning, Design and Management)....
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- Aug 13, 2020
- 5 min
Walkability
Written by Bryan Goh Like many bookworms, I have a severe addiction to buying books and reading them only a long while later. Jeff...
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- Jul 24, 2020
- 4 min
Introduction to Bartlett Urban Planning Society
Written by EXCO BUPS Committee Hi Everyone! We hope that you are doing well and keeping safe. Introduction With the ongoing COVID-19...
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- Jul 13, 2020
- 9 min
A city is not a tree, and nor is it an island: My call to arms for urbanists in an ecological crisis
Written by Henry Crabb (MSc Sustainable Urbanism) Many of us have spent lockdown admiring a raucous spring, watching life bounce into...
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- Nov 18, 2019
- 2 min
Summer Internship at the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) in Singapore | Bryan Goh
Hey everyone! I’m Bryan! A year 2 undergraduate pursuing Urban Planning, Design and Management. This summer, I completed a 2-month...
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