This project was supported by a research grant from the LSE Middle East Centre’s Kuwait Programme, to undertake a SEAC project between September 2019 and June 2021, which aimed to analyse and compare how Asian cities have risen to become reference points for the development of cities in the Global South. The project examined the experience of building new cities branded as smart cities in Kuwait and the Philippines. The Kuwait study was funded by the Kuwait programme Research Grant from the LSE Middle East Centre.
Principal Investigator
Prof. Hyun Bang Shin, Professor of Geography and Urban Studies in the Department of Geography and Environment, LSE. The project was launched and executed during the time when Prof Shin was Director of the Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre (SEAC) from August 2018 – July 2023.
Research Officer
Dr Do Young Oh, former Research Officer, Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre and Middle East Centre, LSE.
Project Outputs
Oh, D. and Shin, H.B. (2023) Locating the Housing Crisis in Kuwaiti State, Land, and Society. Middle East Centre Kuwait Programme Paper Series No 17, Middle East Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science