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Woman carrying bags walking towards white tents
People fleeing impacts of climate change suffering physical and mental health crises
News, 14 December 2022
A soup stall in Siem Reap, Cambodia. Many of the urban poor rely on frequent food purchases, often cooked food prepared by street vendors (stefans_box, Creative Commons via Flickr)
How the urban poor define and measure food insecurity
… As urban centres grow rapidly, inadequate housing and the lack of basic … services affect a large and growing share of their population. The urban poor are also usually disproportionately vulnerable to … utilisation? How do people manage to feed themselves during ongoing crises (conflict, floods and so on) and disasters (earthquake)? What …
Project, 14 March 2018
Flooding at Otumara Settlement.
Better Cities II: Transforming informal settlements on a warming planet
Article, 30 October 2024
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Better cities are possible: transforming informal settlements on a warming planet
… settlements are often the first to suffer the consequences of global crises and the last to recover. Recognising informal settlements as a … Urban …
Publication, 23 April 2025
People sitting at tables facing a panel and a whiteboard behind them.
Tackling inequalities through housing policy development
… from two years of the COVID-19 pandemic and multiple international crises dramatically increasing the cost of living, access to housing … trend of urbanisation in the country is making housing a growing urban challenge. Lack of access to affordable and adequate housing is … Makeni.   IIED research , done in partnership with the Sierra Leone Urban Research Centre and part of the African Cities Research Consortium …
Project, 19 September 2022
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Participatory Approach to Urban Planning in Slum Neighbourhoods of the Metropolitan Area of Port-au-Prince
… By analysing the nature and quality of public participation in four urban planning projects following the earthquake of 2010, the paper … planning participatory approaches in the recovery phase of urban crises. … Urban … Participatory Approach to Urban Planning in Slum Neighbourhoods of the Metropolitan Area of …
Publication, 01 December 2017
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Urban planning in Banda Aceh: supporting local actors after the tsunami
… actors in order to restore city functions following humanitarian crises. This research aimed to document learning from UN-Habitat’s … of supporting communities and local government to undertake urban planning after the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, in 2004. Despite the challenges of urban planning after a complex crisis, in areas devastated by the …
Publication, 01 October 2017
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Learning from community planning following the 2010 Haiti earthquake
… Humanitarian responses to urban crises are focusing increasingly on integrated programming and … approaches. This paper contributes to the emerging literature of urban area-based planning in humanitarian crises through a case study of … Urban …
Publication, 01 January 2020
Aerial view of Accra, Ghana.
African Cities Research Consortium
… a number of international partners committed to catalysing change for urban communities. These include the UK-based Liverpool School of … to address development challenges faced in some of Africa’s biggest urban communities. Mitlin said: “The long-term prospects for much of … Commonwealth & Development Office (previously DFID) on the Urban Crises Learning Fund  and on shelter provision in East African cities . …
Project, 16 October 2020
Families living within the 'No Dwelling Zone' in Guiuan in the Philippines one year after super Typhoon Haiyan (Photo: Victoria Maynard)
Urban planning after crisis: lessons from Southeast Asia
… works partially in cities because what makes people vulnerable in urban areas is both their household status and their reliance on … and policies .  That means working with local governments. For them, urban planning in the short and long term is critical – for both … is also little guidance for urban planners responding to urban crises or for humanitarian agencies trying to provide them with support. …
Insight, 10 November 2016