Gordon McGranahan

Gordon McGranahan is a former principal researcher in IIED's Human Settlements research group; team leader, urbanisation. He left IIED in 2016.

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Insights

Houses next to a canal.

Burgeoning growth of deltaic cities puts lives and livelihoods at risk

Insight, 09 October 2023

A street in Freetown, Sierra Leone: involving growing low-income urban populations in urbanising countries will help result in more inclusive urbanisation (Photo: bobthemagicdragon, Creative Commons, via Flickr)

In the world's poorest countries, cities could be the Sustainable Development Goals test

Insight, 07 June 2016

The Bairro Proletário do Dique in Rio de Janeiro was settled in the 1960s. The local infrastructure remains poor (Photo: Mariana Gil/EMBARQ Brasil, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Is more inclusive urbanisation essential to the 2030 Agenda?

Insight, 02 March 2016

Brazil's favelas are a legacy of a more passive resistance reflecting an unwillingness to plan for anticipated population growth (Photo: Chris Jones, Creative Commons, via Flickr)

Exploring inclusive urbanisation and other migration crises

Insight, 28 October 2015

The lives of Vasanthi and Gopal have been transformed by the low-cost toilet provided as part of the Karnataka Urban Development and Coastal Environmental Management Project (Photo: Asian Development Bank, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Why sanitation, spearhead of urban improvement in the 19th century, has become the laggard of the 21st

Insight, 04 March 2015

Our new interactive visualisation plots countries’ incomes per capita against their levels of urbanisation

Let's see what the BRICS teach us about urbanisation and economic growth

Insight, 16 September 2014

Publications

Urbanization and ecosystems; Current patterns and future implications

01 August 2008

Preview of G02214

Climate Change and the Risks of Settlements in the Low Elevation Coastal Zone

01 January 2008

Preview of 10553IIED

Urban environments, wealth and health: shifting burdens and possible responses in low and middle-income nations

01 December 2007

Preview of G02276

The rising tide: assessing the risks of climate change and human settlements in low elevation coastal zones

01 April 2007

Preview of 10545IIED

Scaling Urban Environmental Challenges: from local to global and back

01 January 2007

Preview of 10535IIED

Rural-urban migration in China: policy options for economic growth, environmental sustainability and equity

01 May 2006

Preview of G00489

Editorial: Urban ecologies

01 April 2006

Preview of 10528IIED

Governance and getting the private sector to provide better water and sanitation services to the urban poor

01 March 2006

Preview of 10529IIED

Informal water vendors and the urban poor

01 March 2006

Preview of 10533IIED

A pro-poor urban agenda for Africa: Clarifying ecological and development issues for poor and vulnerable populations

01 March 2006

Preview of 10530IIED

Local water and sanitation companies and the urban poor

01 March 2006

Preview of 10566IIED

Meeting Development Goals in Small Urban Centres

01 January 2006

Preview of G00503

How Small Water Enterprises can contribute to the Millennium Development Goals: evidence from Dar es Salaam, Nairobi, Khartoum and Accra

01 January 2006

Preview of 9534IIED

Community-driven development for water and sanitation in urban areas: its contribution to meeting the Millennium Development Goal targets

01 April 2005

Preview of G00505

Chapter 27 Urban Systems

01 January 2005

Preview of G02731

Ways of working for sustainable development

01 June 2004

Preview of 9500IIED

Rural-urban change, boundary problems and environmental burdens

01 January 2004

Preview of G00477

Human Settlements Group: Staff articles, working papers, books and reports. 2004

01 January 2004

Preview of 9302IIED

Privatization and the Provision of Urban Water and Sanitation in Africa, Asia and Latin America

01 December 2003

Preview of G00447

Beyond inaccurate crisis narratives: meeting the water and sanitation MDGs

01 November 2003

Preview of G00515

Are the debates on water privatization missing the point? Experiences from Africa, Asia and Latin America

01 October 2003

Preview of G00504

Urban Centres: An Assessment of Sustainability

01 August 2003

Preview of G00476

Human Settlements Group: Staff articles, working papers, books and reports. 2003

01 January 2003

Preview of 11043IIED

Improving Access to Water and Sanitation: Rethinking the way forward in light of the Millennium Development Goals

01 January 2003