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Tag: community development

  • Community capacity building in marginalised neighbourhoods of Seoul*

    Three decades ago, South Korean director Kim Dong-won made two important documentaries about the struggles and everyday life of the people of Songhak Maeul. Yet Songhak Maeul remains little-known as a successful case of community capacity building in a marginalised neighbourhood in Seoul. This article provides a historical background and explains the impact of market-driven urban redevelopment on neighbourhood…

  • Institute for Spatial Policies comes of Age

    Institute for Spatial Policies, IPoP was established eighteen years ago. What started as a small association, has become the leading (and most fun to work with) national non-profit non-governmental consultancy and research organisation working across scales in the fields of community development and sustainable urban development. IPoP has been also granted the status of a…