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Informal settlements in Indonesia's capital, Jakarta. The World Bank estimates that some 29 million Indonesians live in urban areas with poor access to basic services (Photo: Axel Drainville, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Urban risks: where are the top five biggest blind spots?
… the lack of health data for the billion people living in informal settlements  No local records on many serious health problems. Surveys … these are usually the main causes of premature death in informal settlements, and Documentation on the impacts of disasters usually …  ( [email protected] ) is a senior fellow in IIED's Human Settlements research group  and visiting professor at the …
Insight, 18 April 2017
A 'peace wall' in Mukuru, one of the largest slums in Nairobi, Kenya (Photo: Urban ARK)
A special approach to slum upgrading: the Special Planning Area in Mukuru, Nairobi
… such an ambitious and comprehensive approach to upgrading informal settlements is novel and exciting. The use of an SPA clearly indicates … and approaches to improve the conditions of low-income and informal settlements around the world.  David Dodman ([email protected]) is director of IIED's Human Settlements research group , and a co-investigator of Urban ARK. …
Insight, 18 October 2017
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?
… development, in reality the billion or so people who live in informal settlements have little say and almost no influence on the work done by … that every time 'city' or 'urban' is referenced, so too must 'human settlements' or 'rural settlements' be mentioned. As if 'rural …
Insight, 16 August 2016
A view over a large township
Internal and international influences on urban change
… complaining to me about all the unemployed people living in informal settlements and how they should go back to what he assumed was their … your point". Of course, all his service providers lived in informal settlements. His high quality of life and a large part of the city … do.   We do not know how and when it will be under control and what human and economic costs are still to come, although we already see huge …
Insight, 27 May 2020
With water shortages in Lebanon, many households have water storage facilities
Getting Lebanon’s water flowing: using new SDG data in an urban crisis
… to develop localised data sets on water quality in cities, informal settlements and refugee camps. Furthermore, the extended presence of … services, for example. Anna Walnycki ([email protected]) is a researcher in IIED's Human Settlements research group . This blog was originally posted by …
Insight, 19 February 2018
IIED will be participating in a range of event at Habitat III, the global UN summit on urban issues
IIED at Habitat III: event listing
… briefings and blogs. IIED director Andrew Norton , members of IIED's Human Settlements research group  and their research partners attended the … be harnessed to create opportunities for all in LDCs. IIED principal researcher Diana Mitlin moderated. Fostering collaboration for effective …
Event, 20 October 2016
Director Camilla Toulmin sets out IIED's strategy for 2014 to 2019
IIED director offers a strategic view
… each of four research themes: climate change, natural resources, human settlements and sustainable markets.   She speaks in detail about the …
News, 02 April 2014
This map of the covered and open drains in Jamshed Town, Karachi illustrates how communities have led on installing sewers and drains (Image: Orangi Pilot Project–Research and Training Institute)
Reducing risks in urban centres: think 'local, local, local'
… dangers particularly affect low-income populations living in informal settlements. These areas often lack most risk-reducing infrastructure … available and affordable, for protecting watersheds, and for avoiding settlements on dangerous sites.     In most cases, this has required … ([email protected]) is a senior fellow in IIED's Human Settlements research group and visiting professor at the …
Insight, 08 May 2017
Bimbo Osobe and Samuel Akinrolabu, members of the Nigerian Slum/Informal Settlement Federation, lead a march of residents of Lagos waterfront communities threatened with eviction, to Governor Akinwunmi Ambode's office to demand open dialogue with the government on alternatives to evictions of the urban poor (Photo: Andrew Maki)
Is this too easy?
… a secondary city in Uganda. She explained how residents in informal settlements were able to work in partnership with their local … settlements? Diana Mitlin ([email protected]) is principal researcher in IIED's Human Settlements research group. …
Insight, 26 October 2016
Yanacocha Mine, in Cajamarca, Peru. The country's Supreme Court last year ruled in favour of a farmer that a US gold miner claimed was illegally occupying land it wanted to develop (Golda Fuentes, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Getting community voices heard in investor-state arbitration
… at ways civil society groups are bringing community perspectives, human rights, and environmental issues to the attention of arbitral … can affect communities' access to land and natural resources, their human rights, or damage the environment on which these communities … development. Jesse Coleman ( [email protected] ) is a legal researcher for the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, focusing …
Insight, 05 March 2018