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Cash transfers during urban crises: lessons for women’s economic empowerment
… Cash transfers are increasingly used in urban humanitarian crises. They can stimulate markets and let people choose the help they … Urban … Cash transfers during urban crises: lessons for women’s economic empowerment …
Publication, 01 July 2017
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Tackling violence against women and girls in urban humanitarian crises: the case of Gaza
… Gaza, a mostly urban and densely populated area, chronically experiences complex … design and provision of services in chronic and acute humanitarian crises; and better communication and data exchange among service … Urban … Tackling violence against women and girls in urban humanitarian crises: the case of Gaza …
Publication, 01 June 2017
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Humanitarian response to urban crises: a review of area-based approaches
… in area-based approaches among humanitarian actors responding to urban crises. Through analysis of case studies, as well as available policy literature, this paper proposes that, in an urban context, area-based approaches have three defining … Urban … Humanitarian response to urban crises: a review of area-based approaches …
Publication, 01 July 2015
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Emergência habitacional em São Paulo: Uma análise da crise de moradia sob a perspectiva da produção autogestionária e da luta contra despejos e remoções forçadas
… dos Movimentos de Moradia de São Paulo (UMM-SP), no contexto das crises econômica, social, política e sanitária recentes no Brasil. Duas … Urban …
Publication, 05 December 2024
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10 years on: What Haiti taught us about urban crises and community planning
… Urban … 10 years on: What Haiti taught us about urban crises and community planning …
Event, 23 January 2020
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Accountability to Affected Populations in Urban Crises: Who Cares?
… Urban … Accountability to Affected Populations in Urban Crises: Who Cares? …
Publication, 01 December 2017
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Better cities are possible: responding to the twin crises of climate change and inequality
… context of increasing climate breakdown and inequality? Here, IIED’s urban researchers set out a vision for urban transformation to build just and inclusive cities. Building on the … Meaningful and transformative planning that tackles the twin crises of inequality and climate change will depend on local and …
Publication, 21 June 2022
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Rethinking humanitarian aid for refugees as investment in urban water and sanitation
… More than 60% of the world’s 25 million refugees live in urban centres , with the remainder in rural areas and camps. Most urban refugees do not receive assistance from the United Nations or … but often in place for decades, absorb significant resources. Urban areas can provide a life of relative normality for displaced …
Project, 27 May 2021
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Responding to protracted displacement in an urban world
… Camps are often the default response to displacement crises. Although they are designed to be temporary, they can stay in … and most IDPs now live in towns and cities. The experiences of urban refugees and IDPs, their understandings of wellbeing, and their … to encourage debate on how responses to protracted displacement in urban areas could be enhanced.  What did IIED do? The partners set out …
Project, 12 February 2019
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Thinking bigger: area-based and urban planning approaches to humanitarian crises
… donors are calling for a paradigm shift in humanitarian response in urban areas: moving away from processes focused on individuals or … first reviewing the literature on ‘area-based approaches’ to urban crisis response (participatory approaches to providing … then investigating UN-Habitat’s experience of supporting locally led urban planning at the neighbourhood, district and city scale. We found …
Publication, 01 November 2017