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Living with the Unwanted: The Ecology of 'Pests' and People

Samuel Evangelista

Sep 269 min read

Images of urban synanthropes—rats, cockroaches, weeds, birds, and stray animals—showing their persistence, resilience, and ties to inequality in city life.

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Urban Research at Your Fingertips

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An urban initiative driven to bridge research and development, planning and application, and science and vision to local and Filipino perspectives.

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Rinconada Wetlands reserve, a flood mitigation concept for Bicol River Basin or the Rinconada Lakes

Rinconada Wetlands Reserve
A Concept Ecosystem Management

2025

Program: Environment Program
Publication Topic: Natural Environment
Publication Type: Research Study

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Our Practice

#1

Urban Innovation

Designing and testing creative urban solutions that respond to the complex challenges of Filipino cities and communities.

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Critical Knowledge

Producing grounded, forward-thinking research that informs policy, practice, and public discourse on urban development.

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Meaningful Exchange

Building deep, collaborative relationships with communities, institutions, and movements to ensure inclusive and people-centered change.

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Emergency Quarantine Facility

Located in multiple areas in Metro Manila

Scalable Solutions for Emergency Situations

When disasters and emergencies arise, the need for rapid and efficient solutions becomes critical to support communities and ensure collective safety and protection. Read through the process of building such efforts during the height of COVID-19 pandemic.

Our Resilient Futures Research Endeavors

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Book Stop
Project

A response to a Literacy Crisis

The belief that literature and education are eternally significant to both human development and progress is oposed by the spatial reality we are experiencing due to insufficient means to access this right. Discover our response to this issue.

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