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Pedicabs on the flooded streets of Manila, Philippines.
How does a changing climate impact on urban poverty?
… David Satterthwaite …
Insight, 28 March 2013
Woman carrying a child
Bringing urban refugees into local planning
… Other blogs in this series have examined historical trends in urbanisation and … factors that influence how populations are distributed. As David Satterthwaite notes , investment decisions by national, regional and …
Insight, 20 July 2020
Meceburi Forest, near Nampula, Mozambique (Photo: Mike Goldwater)
The Musketeers of development
… for sustainable development. Above all, a s discussed by IIED's David Satterthwaite , the means of implementation of these targets are as …
Insight, 16 July 2014
It is estimated that Mumbai has the largest slum population of any city in the world, with more than half of its 12 million people living in informal settlements (Photo: Jon Baldock, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Why we do 'slum' profiles
… Dwellers International . This blog was drawn from an interview with David Satterthwaite from IIED's Human Settlements Group .  …
Insight, 22 February 2016
Kenya: Farmers visit a crop trial site to select the best sorghum varieties for climate resilience. Most climate change adaptation is done day-to-day by farmers, pastoralists, fishers and the urban poor. (Photo: S. Kilungo, CCAFS, Creative Commons via Flickr)
The SDGs must carry us beyond Paris to 2030
… Yassin Mohammed's blog on sustainable oceans and fisheries , and David Satterthwaite's thoughts on the SDGs and 'a new urban agenda' .   In the …
Insight, 10 September 2015
A riverbank settlement in Indonesia illustrates the vulnerability of residents to both flooding and pollution (Photo: Isabelle Lemaire/IIED)
Comparing approaches to riverbank vulnerability in Indonesia
Insight, 08 January 2016
Community participation, with a strong focus on women, such as this women's savings group in Southern India, is vital to develop slum-friendly cities (Photo: Maria Andersson/Individuell Människohjälp, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
What might slum dwellers want from the SDGs?
… by Slum/Shack Dwellers International, is drawn from an interview by  David Satterthwaite , a senior fellow in IIED's Human Settlements Group . …
Insight, 05 October 2015
A man carries buckets filled with water from a water tanker in Retiro, a shanty town in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Basic service provision shouldn’t just be a money maker
… get charged more for defecation than for urination. The geographer David Harvey talks about ‘accumulation by dispossession’ to describe … South: Scale and Nature, a book Diana Mitlin has co-authored with David Satterthwaite, will be published by  Routledge on 12 December 2012. …
Insight, 08 October 2012
Informal settlements lining the railway tracks in Mumbai (Photo: gloogun, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Ward diaries: crucial evidence for planning in Mumbai's slums
… Dwellers International. This blog was drawn from conversations with David Satterthwaite from IIED's Human Settlements research group in September …
Insight, 28 November 2016