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Raipur in Central India is developing into a major urban centre, but the infrastructure in the city's expanding informal settlements is poor (Photo: India Water Portal, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Addressing the needs of vulnerable groups in urban areas
… ( [email protected] ) is a senior fellow in IIED's Human Settlements research group and visiting professor at the …
Insight, 26 April 2017
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
… blog was drawn from an interview with David Satterthwaite from IIED's Human Settlements Group .  …
Insight, 22 February 2016
Ejura Market in Ghana is an important centre for farmers selling their yam crops (Photo: IITA)
Rural urban linkages
… citizens. This topic is explored in several working papers in our Human Settlements series and especially in two papers: The urban part of …
Project, 29 August 2014
Madizini in Tanzania grew from a village into an urban centre, initially because the local sugarcane plantations and factory needed workers. Now the town supports a wide array of businesses (Photo: Jytte Agergaard)
Reframing food security for an urbanising world
… Tacoli ( [email protected] ) is principal researcher in IIED's Human Settlements research group . Read more: IIED's project on the …
Insight, 10 April 2017
Non-literate farmer filmmakers help save biodiversity
… processes of reflection and action to secure rights, resilience and human well being. Farmers, indigenous peoples and other citizens have to …
News, 14 May 2008
Sorting apricots in Tajikistan. The diverse and extreme climatic conditions of Central Asia helped farmers develop fruit varieties adaptable to drought and other environmental stresses (Photo: UNDP, Creative Commons via Flickr)
The Paris Agreement – a framework for local inclusion
Insight, 05 February 2016
The rugged coastline of Jeju Island, South Korea, where the World Conservation Congress is being held.
IUCN World Conservation Congress begins
Insight, 06 September 2012
Making food systems work for people and planet
… citizens can reclaim their own definitions of food, agriculture and human well being," adds Pimbert. The full book will be published later …
News, 06 May 2008
Poultry farming is part of the sustainable agriculture system, along with crop production and fisheries, at Songhai Centre, in Porto Novo, Benin (Photo: Mark Surman via Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
LDC experts to share ideas on building productive capacity
… and better goods and services;  Substantially increase investment in human resources, infrastructure and energy to transform their …
Insight, 25 July 2014
A market in Fort Portal (Photo: Sister Haiti, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Making sure Fort Portal's 'modernisation' plan feeds the poor
… Paolo Cravero ( [email protected] ) is a researcher in IIED's Human Settlements Group . …
Insight, 11 December 2015