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Cassidy Johnson is a senior lecturer at the Bartlett Development Planning Unit, University College London.

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Living heritage approach leads to owner-driven, post-earthquake reconstruction in Gujarat, India

Insight, 02 February 2026

Around a billion urban dwellers live in informal settlements such as these. Without far more effective policies, their population could rise to 2 billion by 2030 (Photo: Mark Edwards)
Ten essentials for the New Urban Agenda in one page

Insight, 19 July 2016

Disasters, such as this flooding in Old Bagamoyo Road, Mikocheni, Dar es Salaam, were the subject of discussion in Sendai (Photo: Matthew Wood-Hill, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Keep it simple: helping local governments reduce the risk from the next disaster

Insight, 25 March 2015

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Urban ARK 19: Communicating Risk from the Frontline: projecting community voices into disaster risk management policies across scales

01 October 2018

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Urban ARK 1: Urban Africa: Risk Knowledge – A Research Agenda

01 January 2017

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The data gap: An analysis of data availability on disaster losses in sub-Saharan African Cities

01 June 2016

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Co-production and Impact Thematic Note

28 October 2015

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Setting a new research agenda for urban crisis and humanitarian response

01 June 2015

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Understanding the nature and scale of urban risk in low- and middle-income countries and its implications for humanitarian preparedness, planning and response

01 March 2013

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Community-driven disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation in urban areas

01 October 2011

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