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The Indonesian coastal city of Bandar Lampung is vulnerable to flooding and other climate risks. The ACCCRN programme has been working with government and community leaders to strengthen resilience (Photo: David Dodman/IIED)
Collaboration and communication: how research can help cities to build resilience
… based on an assumed linear relationship, in which the role of the researcher is to provide new information that can inform the holy grail … David Dodman ( [email protected] ) is co-head of IIED's Human Settlements Group and team leader for cities and climate change. …
Insight, 19 February 2015
Clothes drying on a building
IIED and partners call for cities to develop a proactive response to urban displacement
… jointly drafted by  Dr Isis Nuñez Ferrera  from JIPS, IIED principal researcher Lucy Earle , and Dyfed Aubrey and  Stephanie Loose … joint interventions and responses. UN-Habitat is the United Nations Human Settlements Programme. It promotes transformative change in cities and …
News, 10 June 2020
Three people stand talking in a street. A man, a woman and, in the middle, a young man wearing a face mask.
A just recovery from COVID-19: young people from eight African cities speak out
… resilience to multiple risks and shocks, particularly in informal settlements. Almost 60% of Africa’s population is under 25: its cities … really are ‘cities of youth’. For young people, living in informal settlements during the pandemic brought distinctive concerns and … for inclusion Marginalised by age as well as by living in informal settlements, these young citizens passionately echoed calls for action …
Insight, 24 May 2022
A view of Mafraq City, Jordan
Rethinking humanitarian aid for refugees as investment in urban water and sanitation
… establish a partnership between urban displacement specialists in the Human Settlements research group , civil engineers based at University College …
Project, 27 May 2021
Residents of Sitio San Roque, Philippines, watch a demolition team tear down their houses during an eviction (Photo: Alamy)
Briefing: Will Habitat III produce an effective "new urban agenda?"
… policies and practices? With David Satterthwaite , senior fellow, Human Settlements Group, IIED    Latest news on the UN drafting process: With David Dodman , director, Human Settlements Group, IIED Satterthwaite also introduced the latest …
Event, 05 May 2016
In the foreground, a hotchpotch of buildings close together, towered over by large buildings in the background.
Firm and fair foundations to transform cities, transform lives
… grassroots sustainable urbanisation rightly credits influential urban researcher Jorge Hardoy, who established IIED-América Latina (IIED-AL) , … at IIED América Latina and an international fellow with IIED’s Human Settlements research group , about shared histories, current work and …
Article, 14 June 2022
A map showing the neighbourhoods around Port-au-Prince, Haiti
IIED publishes archive on post-quake planning in Haiti
… years following the devastating earthquake. Lucy Earle , principal researcher in IIED’s  Human Settlements research group , says the data will be of critical …
News, 09 January 2020
Aerial view of Villa 20, Buenos Aires
Transforming cities, transforming lives
… , the  United Nations University – Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS) , IIED, IIED-América Latina  and  German …
Project, 30 June 2021
Vegetable garden in the middle of a city street
Argentinian city Rosario wins award for urban sustainability
… of its inclusive climate action planning –  Jorgelina Hardoy , researcher of  IIED - América Latina Developing together  IIED has a … more inclusive cities – Anna Walnycki , senior researcher in IIED's Human Settlements research group …
News, 08 July 2021
A woman sitting on steps, with colourful handkerchiefs arranged in front of her
Towards more inclusive urban health systems for refugee wellbeing
… and other services, and the barriers they face. In Kampala, IIED’s Human Settlements research group worked, for the first time, with a small … and services with that of residents in Nairobi’s informal settlements. Key policy recommendations stemming from the work included …
Project, 05 December 2019