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New construction sites for housing have been prepared by the government on the hillside above Nhon Hai, but the compensation isn't enough to let people move (Photo: David Dodman/IIED)
If you want to go far, go together
… together". David Dodman ( [email protected]) is co-head of IIED's Human Settlements Group , a senior researcher in our Climate Change Group , and leads the …
Insight, 24 June 2014
The Indonesian coastal city of Bandar Lampung is vulnerable to flooding and other climate risks. The ACCCRN programme has been working with government and community leaders to strengthen resilience (Photo: David Dodman/IIED)
Collaboration and communication: how research can help cities to build resilience
… need to negotiate and compromise. The good news is that a growing group of researchers and city officials are willing to do this. Several … David Dodman ( [email protected] ) is co-head of IIED's Human Settlements Group and team leader for cities and climate change. …
Insight, 19 February 2015
Jockin Arputham, once an itinerant carpenter who slept outside, gives HRH Prince Charles an insight into urban development issues and a tour of Dharavi (Photo: SPARC)
From slum-dwelling carpenter to US$1.25 million prize winner
… the government of Indira Gandhi declared a state of emergency and human rights were suspended. He travelled to various countries visiting … or upgrading houses and toilets, mapping and enumerating their settlements – and encouraging local governments to work with them. At …
Insight, 08 April 2014
Houses teeter on the edge of a river in Indonesia.
Beyond the Millennium Development Goals
… needed to avoid poverty is usually particularly high in the informal settlements in urban areas in which around one billion people live. … Satterthwaite co-authored with Diana Mitlin, acting head of IIED’s Human Settlements Group, on Urban Poverty in the Global South: Scale and Nature will be …
Insight, 01 August 2012
Covers of top publications of 2020.
IIED's best of 2020: publications
… Issue paper  Tackling biodiversity loss is a growing priority for human survival. Introducing incentives for positive actions could play a … scope and delivery. Some key lessons that we can learn from the LDC Group are highlighted. More about this work:  The effective …
Article, 23 December 2020
A market in Fort Portal (Photo: Sister Haiti, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Making sure Fort Portal's 'modernisation' plan feeds the poor
… PC: Do you have any preliminary results from these focus group discussions? CB: Our preliminary results highlight that nutritious … Paolo Cravero ( [email protected] ) is a researcher in IIED's Human Settlements Group . …
Insight, 11 December 2015
World Urban Forum 2008
… and one third, almost 1 billion, are desperately poor and live in settlements without access to adequate water and sanitation. This event … I joined the Federation and learnt to save and loan. The savings group women all know each other. We all help each other in our troubles. We sing and dance! In our group, we share ideas, so many ideas. We are rich with ideas.” Mary …
Event, 30 October 2008
Street food: the debate on food security must adapt to consider how consumption and urbanisation are transforming rural spaces and economies, food systems and food security (Photo: Cecilia Tacoli/IIED)
If food security is the answer, is it time to change the question?
… revolts in more than 43 countries (PDF) . Around that time, the human population became more urban than rural for the first time ever. … where a third of urban citizens today live in low-income and informal settlements (PDF) . It is therefore critical that policymakers recognise … in some cases over 80 per cent. Studies in Nairobi's informal settlements by the African Population and Health Research Centre show …
Insight, 23 February 2015
Women learning how to install and maintain solar home systems in the rural town of Bogra, northern Bangladesh (Photo: ILO, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Five challenges for Least Developed Countries in the post-2015 era
… STEPS Centre and the Least Developed Countries Independent Experts Group , we discussed how this might happen. Here are five challenges … ways forward. But such political spaces are shrinking in many LDCs. Human rights violations are common. And the initial excitement around … when refugees aren't included in data; or informal and hard-to-reach settlements are left out because they are more difficult to survey. Big …
Insight, 28 June 2016
Cecil the lion, who was controversially hunted and killed last week, is pictured in 2014. But a ban on trophy hunting may not save lions and have unintended consequences (Photo: Vince O'Sullivan, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
IIED's best of 2015: blogs
… Korea. Guest blogger Loan Diep and David Dodman, director of IIED's Human Settlements Group, reported on the key issues Where city authorities are able to …
Article, 22 December 2015