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Le vigilantisme en Haïti: Manifestations des formes non étatiques de protection dans un contexte de crise humanitaire en milieu urbain
… Urban …
Publication, 01 October 2017
People walk past ruined buildings
Haiti earthquake 10 years on – a new chapter in disaster response
… recovery efforts that followed. The crisis in Haiti was distinctly urban in nature. This in itself was a challenge for humanitarian … agencies that had honed their skills in response to largely rural crises – floods, famines and refugee movements in remote areas. In … relief efforts. Unused to working in such a densely populated urban area, humanitarians struggled to make sense of the existence of …
Insight, 12 January 2020
More than 80 representatives of slum-dwellers federations attended the 9th World Urban Forum in Kuala Lumpur (Photo: United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG), Creative Commons via Flickr)
Q&A: the World Urban Forum brought together governments and grassroots – what next?
… Colenbrander (SC) and  David Dodman (DD) were all at the 9 th World Urban Forum , which took place in Kuala Lumpur from 7-13 February. Here … event. Q: What difference will developments coming out of the World Urban Forum make for people living in urban poverty in developing … It's been reassuring to see that the topic of urban humanitarian crises is now an integral part of the urban agenda, with 'humanitarian' …
Article, 14 February 2018
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The ‘Learning from Crisis’ Humanitarian Formula: Bridging Disaster and Normality
… that the humanitarian sector can learn from responses to previous crises, assimilate this learning, and improve the way it responds in … it also draws our attention to the limits of what can be learned from urban crises. Drawing on recent crises in Haiti – as well as the structure and … Urban …
Publication, 01 December 2017
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Urbanization and fertility decline: Cashing in on Structural Change
… wake of increasing concern about climate change and recurrent food crises. Often overlooked is the fact that, at the aggregate level, all population growth will occur in urban areas and that urbanization is linked to fertility decline. … – namely family planning. The literature on migrant adaptation to urban fertility patterns generally confirms earlier views on the role of …
Publication, 01 December 2013
Brazil's favelas are a legacy of a more passive resistance reflecting an unwillingness to plan for anticipated population growth (Photo: Chris Jones, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Exploring inclusive urbanisation and other migration crises
… that their cities are being overrun with rural migrants – a rural-urban version of the international migrant crisis. Evidence suggests … of new low-cost settlements is often resisted, creating more urban exclusion, and pushing people into even worse living … population in cities and are implementing policies to reduce rural-urban migration. In 2013, 70 per cent of governments in "less developed …
Insight, 28 October 2015
Although aid agencies provide emergency help in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, only long-term planning can deal with the wider environmental stresses (Photo: Caroline King-Okumu/IIED)
Unblocking the cycle of water stress, crises and innovation in the Bekaa Valley
… on the environment. These problems can concentrate in and around urban areas . All too often, vulnerable people are wrongly blamed for … in the long term.  Changes and innovation can appear during crises. The large-scale humanitarian intervention in Lebanon's Bekaa … Unblocking the cycle of water stress, crises and innovation in the Bekaa Valley …
Project, 04 January 2017
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Tackling violence against women and girls in Gaza
… project on the protection of women against violence in the context of urban humanitarian crises. Gaza, a highly urban and densely populated area, is a site of ongoing complex … Urban …
Publication, 01 August 2017
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Camp Transformation in Corail Cesselesse, Haiti: Participatory Urban Planning after the 2010 Earthquake
… planning participatory approaches in the recovery phase of urban crises. The urban crisis caused by the earthquake of 12 January 2010 in Haiti led to … Camp Transformation in Corail Cesselesse, Haiti: Participatory Urban Planning after the 2010 Earthquake …
Publication, 01 December 2017
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Disruptive resilience: an agenda for the new normal in cities of the global South
Publication, 01 September 2020