Search results

1176 results
Building split in half
From protector to evictor of slum residents – reversal of roles for the judiciary
… and health facilities for the poor and marginalised. But a lack of human and financial resources meant these could not be realised. …
Insight, 24 February 2022
Families living within the 'No Dwelling Zone' in Guiuan in the Philippines one year after super Typhoon Haiyan (Photo: Victoria Maynard)
Urban planning after crisis: lessons from Southeast Asia
Insight, 10 November 2016
A group of people stand around a map on a table.
Kota Kita: facilitating citizen-led urban development
… team who are a pleasure to work with" – David Dodman, director, Human Settlements research group, IIED Connect with Kota Kita Email: …
Article, 22 February 2022
Cover for 10021IIED.pdf
Mobile pastoralists and education: strategic options
… 1948, education was agreed by the United Nations to be a fundamental human right. This is a right that, across the globe, and despite decades …
Publication, 01 October 2009
A landscape of old houses
Q&A: blog series explores the transition to a predominantly urban world
… work goes back to 1986 when Jorge E. Hardoy (then-director of IIED’s Human Settlements research group ) and I wrote a paper on current and …
Article, 16 January 2020
A fisher waits with a large net attached to his small boat
New rules for governing high seas must be fair for everyone
Insight, 20 August 2019
IIED founder Barbara Ward, who would have been 100 on 23 May, set out the case for a fairer, more just world system
A vision of our world that is sustainable, fairer and realisable: memories of Barbara Ward
… what should be done to maintain the earth as a place suitable for human life not only now, but also for future generations. The birth of … yet low-energy (low carbon) future. Jorge Hardoy founded IIED's Human Settlements Group and, after designing a research model that …
Insight, 27 May 2014
The Earthscan Reader in Sustainable Cities
… key papers about different aspects of how urban development can meet human needs and ensure ecological sustainability. It includes not only …
Publication, 01 January 1999
Men posing for a photo while constructing a weir with bamboo structures.
CBA14: explore with us how nature-based solutions support local action for adaptation
Insight, 21 August 2020
A herd of elephants (Photo: Sean Habig, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Biodiversity loss – more than an environmental emergency
… disasters and other important social issues. Furthermore, reports of human rights abuses in the name of conservation could justifiably …
Insight, 25 July 2019