David Satterthwaite

Expertise:

Poverty reduction and environmental problems in urban areas
Climate change adaptation (including contributions to the Third and the Fourth IPCC Assessments).

Current work:

Editor, Environment and Urbanization.
Research and documentation on the current and potential role of urban poor federations to address their needs and develop partnerships with government agencies.
Research on why the scale and depth of urban poverty is under-estimated and mis-represented by most governments and international agencies.
On the teaching staff of the Development Planning Unit (University College London) and Honorary Professor, University of Hull.
Previously Director, Human Settlements Group, IIED; awarded the Volvo Environment Prize in 2004

Before IIED:

David Satterthwaite has been with IIED since 1974.
Education: BA, (University of Bristol), DipDevPlan (University College London), PhD (London School of Economics)

Links:

Human Settlements
Environment and Urbanization
Publications on the IIED database