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A women carries supplies through a flooded street in Cap-Haïtien, Haiti, after thousands were displaced following floods in 2014. Studies have shown that, when they are socially or economically disadvantaged, more women die in hurricanes and floods (Photo: United Nations Photo, Creative Comms via Flickr)
Will climate change render the SDGs impossible?
… may be impacts on efforts to promote safe migration (Target 10.7). Land access (Target 1.4) could be threatened – as rising sea levels …
Insight, 19 June 2015
Green economics – surviving the trial
… Oxfam. She described how up to 22,500 people were evicted from their land in Kiboga and Mubende districts of Uganda by the Ugandan National … eviction, and that some people were even violently forced from their land. The New Forests Company describes itself as a 'sustainable and … investors acquiring rain fed or easily irrigated land, leading to the displacement of rural communities from high yielding lands. These …
Insight, 17 November 2011
Annual report 2009/10
… herbs, and the negotiations were informed by IIED research. Beyond ‘land grabs’:  to follow up our widely read 2009 report on ‘land grabs’, IIED was exploring land-investment alternatives, such as … planned across Africa but, with IIED’s facilitation, people facing displacement were able to participate in planning the relocation …
Page, 21 October 2010
Flooded sugar cane fields near Colombia's third largest city, Cali, during an intense rainy season.
What does low-carbon resilience look like in Latin America?
… look very different in Brazil than it does in Rwanda, for example . Land use change, in particular deforestation, is often the main source … Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) and Land Use, Land Use Change and  Forestry (LULUCF) , which are being utilised across …
Insight, 04 April 2013
Mozambique: the next Atlantis?
… of thousands of people and destroyed large areas of agricultural land. Mozambicans vulnerable to climactic vagaries caused by climate …
Insight, 15 September 2011
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
… in tasks and food allocations, in labour markets, in access to land for housing and credit…. Water piped into each home that is safe, …
Insight, 26 April 2017
"Paz" (peace) graffiti in Medellín, Colombia. The text to the right translates as "Mural in tribute to our victims of conflict" (Photo: Cathy McIlwaine)
New approach paves way to manage violence in cities in the global South
… violence in post-invasion Kabul, Afghanistan Rethinking access to land and violence in post-war cities: reflections from Juba, Southern … Gangs in global perspective Everyday urban violence and transnational displacement of Colombian urban migrants to London, UK The …
News, 15 October 2014
Getting water from a tanker in Vijinapura, India. Partnerships between local government and slum/shack dweller organisations can help deliver urban development goals (Photo: cstepin, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Why do we ignore the local processes that deliver global goals in urban areas?
… government with needs and demands it cannot meet, illegally occupying land... Or they can be seen as housing most of the low-paid workforce …
Insight, 16 August 2016
Manantali dam in Mali (Photo: OMVS/SOGEM via Google license)
Dams in Africa: Combining national and local development
… the complex and conflicting demands for water storage, energy and land in many parts of Africa create powerful arguments on both sides of … dam is below acceptable expectations… [and] … the shortage of land and the rarity of employment has created discontent among resettled …
Insight, 09 December 2014
Jockin Arputham, who has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize 2014, gives HRH Prince Charles an insight into urban development issues and a tour of Dharavi (Photo: SPARC)
Slum dwellers nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
… African Minister of Science and Technology and former Minister of Land, who has also announced his support of this nomination. In … in cities. Arputham's career as an activist against inequality, displacement, and for more inclusive urban development spans half a …
News, 13 February 2014