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Analysing Urban Solid Waste in Developing Countries: A perspective on Bangalore, India
… disposal. The problem is more acute in developing countries, such as India, where the pace of economic growth as well as urbanisation is … been very successful in various industrialised countries. However, urban governments in developing countries are constrained by limited … Analysing Urban Solid Waste in Developing Countries: A perspective on Bangalore, …
Publication, 01 January 1999
A daily savings book: local savings groups collect small payments from slum dwellers which can be leveraged to support slum upgrading projects (Photo: SDI, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Transforming aid for urban areas
… Aid is not working well in most urban areas in low- and most middle-income nations. Nor are most urban governments. Nor are the global agendas, including the Sustainable … working in 6,689 settlements in 497 cities. Grassroots federations in India have provided lower-cost access to good quality sanitation for …
Insight, 04 September 2018
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Urban refugees in Delhi: self-reliance can’t be exclusively entrepreneurial
… for social wellbeing and economic security. This idea drives urban refugee livelihood programmes, in India and beyond, as aid organisations seek to ensure refugees do not … ‘self-reliance’ may overlook or even exacerbate challenges facing urban refugees, especially those with precarious legal status. This …
Publication, 01 July 2017
A street in the city of Puri in the state of Odisha
COVID-19, JAGA Mission and the value of already existing solutions
… This series of blogs focusing on the transition to a predominantly urban world was planned before COVID-19. The health and economic impact … welfare and inclusive development are faring better. Soon after India announced its strict lockdown on 24 March, news and images started … of Odisha, a state on the eastern coast of India, announced the Urban Wage Employment Initiative (UWEI) .  UWEI provided immediate …
Insight, 04 June 2020
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Trends and processes of urbanisation in India
… a stock taking of urbanization in the post colonial period in India and critically examines the scenarios projected by international … the variations in demographic growth across size categories of urban centres and states, changing employment and unemployment … in large cities, ensuring that they absorb a part of the rural–urban transfer. …
Publication, 01 September 2011
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The economic impact of floods and waterlogging on low-income households: lessons from Indore, India
Publication, 01 June 2016
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Prioritising action on health and climate resilience for informal workers
… This briefing explores climate-related health threats facing informal urban workers in India and Zimbabwe drawing on recent research. It describes the main … Urban …
Publication, 12 July 2022
Car driving through a heavily flooded road.
Urban flooding: the case of Karachi
… With Partition and the arrival of around 800,000 migrants from India and the rest of Pakistan between 1947 and 1951, the city was … Urban … The transition to a predominantly urban world … Urban flooding: the case of Karachi …
Insight, 27 October 2020
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Climate change and migrant workers in India: from vulnerability to adaptation
… The impacts of climate change in India are predicted to increase migration from rural villages and … hazard-prone regions of the country to its cities. Migrant workers in urban contexts are considered one of the most vulnerable social groups … Urban … Climate change and migrant workers in India: from vulnerability to adaptation …
Publication, 01 August 2015
Congolese refugees proudly display the cup they won in a football tournament for youths from refugee communities in Kampala (Photo: Stephen Luke, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Beyond self-reliance: recognising the relationships that matter for urban refugees
… Humanitarian programmes in urban areas are often framed around the notion of … agencies of the responsibility to invest in vital services in urban settings, and disregards the role played by other actors and … Field, Mookerjee and Tiwari find that urban humanitarian policies in India neglect the needs of Afghan and Rohingya refugees . They argue …
Insight, 07 November 2017