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Residents of Tsandi, a settlement in the Omusati region of northern Namibia, look at the community-led sanitation installation for houses being built by the Shack Dwellers' Federation of Namibia (Photo: Diana Mitlin/IIED)
Namibia's women lead the way in housing development
… actions were designed to help the urban poor – upgrading informal settlements, support for community self-help housing, and social housing … is possible. Diana Mitlin ([email protected]) is a principal researcher with IIED's Human Settlements Group . …
Insight, 10 September 2015
The Multidimensional Poverty Index only has one indicator to assess housing quality – whether floors are made of dirt, sand or dung. So these houses in Manila would not be classified as sub-standard (Photo: Mark Edwards/IIED)
The Multidimensional Poverty Index: Another underestimate of urban poverty
… the only indicator used for housing conditions. But in the informal settlements in cities of Africa, Asia and Latin America, many buildings … in urban areas because they cannot be emptied (especially in large settlements with no roads) or there is no space to dig a new pit. For … ([email protected])  is a senior fellow in IIED's Human Settlements Group. For more detail on the scale of urban poverty …
Insight, 18 June 2014
In 1992 the United Nations called Mexico City "the most polluted city on the planet". City authorities took radical steps to cut pollution, but Mexico City still has smog and is increasingly vulnerable to climate change (Photo: Fidel Gonzalez, Creative Commons via Wikimedia)
Should cities invest in climate mitigation?
… the best financial risk-reward ratio. What are the implications for human development goals? While the working paper identified significant … economy. Sarah Colenbrander  ( [email protected] )  is a researcher with IIED's Human Settlements Group and one of the authors of Accelerating low-carbon …
Insight, 21 September 2015
An image of a crowd of members of the USaid Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) team rescue a teen in the Gongabu, Kathmandu District, five days after the Nepal earthquake in April 2015 (Photo: USaid, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Collaborations in urban humanitarian response – introducing the Global Alliance for Urban Crises
… in urban areas by 2050. Diane Archer ([email protected]) is a researcher with IIED's Human Settlements Group . …
Insight, 31 May 2016
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
… contexts. Cecilia Tacoli ( [email protected] ) is principal researcher in IIED's Human Settlements research group . Read more: IIED's project on the impacts of …
Insight, 10 April 2017
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The first 10 years (1971-81)
… environmental protection had to address poverty, inequality and basic human needs. The institute developed a distinctive approach that … IIED’s early programmes on marine and polar resources, energy, human settlements and the environmental performance of development …
Publication, 01 June 1982
Annual report 2007/08
… and partners shaping futures all around the globe: in short, the human face of sustainable development. Featured project highlights … airlines to shrink their flight emissions. Giving climate change a human face:  IIED – one of the first NGOs to recognise and act on … scheme, explored by FIELD in a widely disseminated guidebook. Human settlements Supporting slum dwellers’ savings plans:  community savings …
Page, 23 December 2008
Relocated street vendors operate in the car park below the alun-alun of the Masjid Raya Mosque in Bandung, but this basement area does not attract many customers and vendors have to breathe in car and motorcycle fumes due to the poor air circulation (Photo: Kemal Jufri/Panos Pictures)
Building trust through dialogue with street-food vendors
… and dignity (in Javanese, Nguwongke: 'to make other people feel human') he built the trust between institutions and informal vendors … will eat today, or not.  Paolo Cravero ([email protected]) is a researcher in IIED's Human Settlements Group . …
Insight, 05 November 2015
Rural communities in Kenya are increasingly being affected by climate change, limiting opportunities for development. (Photo: Robin Wyatt)
Development and Climate Days 2018
… on the Braced website Read a story about climate impacts on informal settlements, published on the Thomson Reuters Foundation website Watch a … the climate negotiations on how to advance the resilience of human communities and the ecosystems with which they coexist. Read the … and climate risk management with the guidance of climate justice, human rights and pro-poor principles. Discussions focused on how we can: …
Event, 08 December 2018
Outdoor workers in Da Nang are prone to heat stress. Credit: COHED.
To build climate resilience cities must assess diverse drivers of vulnerability
… from citizen to citizen. Diane Archer ( [email protected] ) is a researcher in IIED's Human Settlements Group   …
Insight, 30 October 2013