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People on the busy street of Nairobi, selling goods on tables set at the edge of a road.
Nairobi to launch pioneering refugee integration strategy
… Plan – its official response to the act – proposes ‘integrated settlements’ as an alternative to camps. Those policy shifts have … the city’s commitment to inclusivity, diversity and respect for human life as the “bedrock of [its] social fabric”.    The plan outlines …
News, 23 April 2025
Aerial view of housing with metal roofs, palm trees and a river
Environment & Urbanization Better Cities Day
… IIED's  Human Settlements research group (HSG)  leads the institute’s research and … Tom Mitchell is director of IIED Aditya V. Bahadur  is principal researcher in IIED's Human Settlements research group Andrea Nightingale is an intersectional discussant Alex Barcena is researcher in IIED's Human Settlements research group Sunayana Sen …
Event, 16 March 2023
Woman sitting on a balcony wearing a face mask. Behind here, an informal neighbourhood of houses can be seen.
Five years on: how Brazil’s Zero Eviction Campaign is driving policy change for housing justice
… spaces has been critical for changing narratives, providing a human face to land and property conflicts and contesting the … and professionals who understand the impacts of eviction on a human level  The campaign has claimed some major victories. These … local schemes, promoting special area plans and upgrading informal settlements.  By continuously promoting diverse forms of guaranteeing …
Insight, 06 November 2025
A refinery under a clear blue night sky.
Hidden handbrakes: an Open Space conversation
… handbrakes and discussing ways to release them, with an IIED expert researcher and communications expert in the room with them on each … IIED senior press and PR manager Nina Schoonman , researcher, IIED's Human Settlements research group Event coverage You can watch a recording of …
Event, 25 June 2024
Aerial view of Accra, Ghana.
African Cities Research Consortium
… Institute at the University of Manchester  and also a principal researcher at IIED, the consortium brings together a number of … Consortium The consortium builds on recent work that IIED’s Human Settlements research group has undertaken for the  Foreign, Commonwealth …
Project, 16 October 2020
Condensed housing borders a grassy area which has litter strewn over it.
Keeping urban health on the agenda in the 1980s and 90s
… of measures taken to further knowledge of health issues in informal settlements, including setting up the Environment and Urbanization (E&U) … were murdered in the ‘dirty war’. IIED invited Jorge to set up a Human Settlements programme in its London office in 1977. But he was able to …
Insight, 27 September 2023
Mogadishu attracts people from all over the country, making it the second-fastest growing city in the world, with a 4% annual rate of urbanisation growth (Photo: Baron Reznik, Creative Commons via Flickr)
The challenge of finding money to build shelter in Mogadishu’s informal settlements
… Shelter is one of the most fundamental elements needed to support human life. Having a place to come home to, to put your belongings, to … to cook, somewhere you can rest and feel safe – these are all basic human needs. With its ongoing displacement crisis, the demand for … 600,000 were displaced persons, scattered across over 480 informal settlements in and around the city.  These settlements are home to …
Insight, 28 January 2019
A man in a suit holding a microphone laughs along with a woman standing next to him behind a podium.
IIED deepens links with largest global network of local governments
… for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).  SDG11 aims to make human settlements ‘inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable” – but the … on track to meet this goal . The number of people living in informal settlements is growing and the proportion of urban residents in …
News, 12 March 2024
Man talking while two others take notes
IIED research and evidence in academia
… policy–reality gap might be better bridged. Featuring IIED principal researcher Alejandro Guarín and associate Emma Blackmore . Impact … Roe . (Dis)integration in global resource governance: extractivism, human rights, and investment treaties  (2020), Journal of International … restrictions on the operations of conservation agencies, and elevated human threats to nature. It also identifies the immediate steps …
Article, 23 September 2020
Informal housing
Interviews: co-creating pathways to urban equality
… Urban Research Centre, Neha Sami  (NS) of the Indian Institute for Human Settlements, and discussant Caren Levy  (CL) of UCL’s Development …
Article, 23 November 2022