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Learning from community planning following the Haiti earthquake
… Haiti community planning archive As a contribution to the DFID-funded Urban Crises programme , IIED supported three researchers with detailed … working in and studying Haiti, and for wider reference in future urban crises. The archive and a related working paper will provide … Urban … Urban crises and forced displacement …
Project, 09 January 2020
Guns handed in at the start of a disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration programme run by the United Nations Stabilisation Mission in Haiti (Photo: Sophia Paris/UN Photo, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Q&A: How to negotiate safe access to gang-ruled neighbourhoods in areas of urban crises
… them. First, some context: what's the difference between gangs in urban and rural contexts?  Since Thrasher's influential work on the … of Chicago in the 1920s , gangs have been studied as an essentially urban phenomenon, indeed as the very outcome of the urban ecosystem. Rural areas in many countries – including Haiti – have …
Article, 15 November 2017
Image of the Rocinha favela in Rio de Janeiro.
IIED at WUF12
… The World Urban Forum (WUF) is a global conference on sustainable urbanisation. It … and local governments; academics; business people; community leaders; urban planners; and civil society representatives. In the context of the … and transformative actions for four key agendas: Urban crises and forced displacement Housing justice Climate action for …
Event, 04 November 2024
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Co-creating pathways to urban equality in a time of crisis
… of the world’s population living in cities, shaping pathways to urban equality is one of the most urgent priorities of our time. This online event explored a new wave of ‘pathways’ to urban equality co-constructed by active groups across Asia, Latin … has risen in at least three-quarters of cities since 1996. Global crises including climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic have …
Event, 26 October 2022
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Cities are vulnerable to climate change and central to its solutions
… time, up to two-thirds of global greenhouse gas emissions come from urban areas. Heard it all before?  That’s because these statistics are … and healthy cities . And after years of advocacy by scientists and urban experts, the IPCC is preparing a Special Report on Cities and … can provide knowledge and experience highly relevant to the twin crises of inequality and climate change.  Climate impacts: testing …
Insight, 20 November 2024
A street in Beirut.
Stronger Cities Initiative
… The Urban Crises Learning Fund  built the capacity of local and international humanitarian actors to implement effective urban humanitarian responses. This part of the project brought together … but they may be adapted for a variety of responses to urban crises or disasters.  Urban context analysis toolkit This paper provides …
Article, 31 May 2017
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Urban planning following humanitarian crises: supporting local government to take the lead in the Philippines following super typhoon Haiyan
… and disseminate learning from UN–Habitat’s experience providing urban planning support to three Local Government Units (LGUs) in Guiuan, … Urban … Urban planning following humanitarian crises: supporting local government to take the lead in the Philippines …
Publication, 01 June 2017
Mathare
The road from refugee to resident
… Urban … Urban crises and forced displacement …
Long read, 18 July 2021
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Social protection that works for cities: lessons from the pandemic
… Over half of the world’s population live in low-income and informal urban communities and this proportion is growing. Despite the higher … social protection compared to rural areas, and less resilience to urban shocks, stresses and crises. Building on lessons from COVID-19 relief efforts in India and … Urban …
Event, 31 October 2023
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The case for treating long-term urban IDPs as city residents
… consistently fail to adapt to and as a result, the complex needs of urban IDPs and their host communities remain unmet. Solving these issues … while creating the flexible programming demanded in complex urban protracted crises. The UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on Internal … Urban … The case for treating long-term urban IDPs as city residents …
Publication, 14 September 2021