Search results

242 results
Construction of new homes designed with community inputs in Gorakhpur, India (Photo: Nivedita Mani and team)
Urban communities are devising their own solutions to build resilience
Insight, 24 February 2015
A large sign in a street
Cities: where public health and climate experts must meet
… importance of  achieving a joined-up approach to risk management in urban settings. Given the impact that climate change and disasters have … the many simultaneous risks that cities have to face. Lessons from urban resilience Pandemics managers can gain from an understanding of … on the potential of this sector.   Some of the biggest hotels in India have been linked with hospitals  to help care for patients with …
Article, 24 July 2020
Cover for 10584IIED.pdf
Groundwater, self-supply and poor urban dwellers: A review with case studies of Bangalore and Lusaka
… An estimated 800 million urban dwellers lack access to safe and adequate drinking water. Most of … group remains largely unexplored despite that some 50 per cent of all urban water use worldwide is attributed to well, spring and borehole … It contains two case studies – of the cities of Bangalore, India, and Lusaka, Zambia – in order to substantiate the limited amount …
Publication, 01 November 2010
Informal settlements such as this one in Durban, South Africa, are adversely affected by climate-related impacts (Photo: David Dodman)
Climate-related 'loss and damage' in cities: exploring a new urban frontier
… and severity of these threats varies greatly between and within urban centres. Some cities are very exposed to slow onset changes, such … Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) , although the implications for urban areas remain unclear. To begin to grapple with these issues, IIED … on urban areas, climate change and loss and damage (New Delhi, India, 16-17 October). The workshop was organised in collaboration with …
Insight, 23 October 2014
Cover for 10749IIED.pdf
Flood-induced economic loss and damage to the textile industry in Surat City, India
… issue for policymakers when there are plans to redevelop several of India’s cities into ‘climate-smart’ cities – this needs a comprehensive … study attempts a loss and damage assessment of Surat City in western India to floods. Surat is an industrial hub for both the textile and … Urban … economic loss and damage to the textile industry in Surat City, India …
Publication, 01 September 2015
Young man on an empty street looking back.
Displacement and the pandemic
… and shared international response to refugee hosting and protection. Urban refugees Most displaced people today live in urban areas, generally receiving little or no assistance from the UN or … state responses. In South Africa , Jordan (Arabic website) and India refugees were excluded from COVID-19 social protection …
Article, 19 August 2020
Children at an informal school in the Kibera area of Nairobi. Providing free education is one way to reduce urban poverty (Photo: Christy Gillmore, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Why are the main means by which urban dwellers avoid hunger ignored?
… Why do almost all discussions of food and nutrition in urban areas in Africa and Asia: forget to mention that it is … irregular incomes that are the main reason for hunger? forget to ask urban dwellers who suffer hunger what their priorities are? stress only … example, Siddharth Agarwal’s paper on the state of urban health in India and the paper by Marc Cohen and James Garrett on food insecurity …
Insight, 05 October 2011
Cover for 21566iied.pdf
Social protection in Indian cities: lessons from the pandemic
… the socioeconomic effects of COVID-19 and its attendant lockdowns in India saw innovation to remain effective in difficult circumstances. … Urban …
Publication, 22 August 2023
Cover for 10859IIED.pdf
Urban refugees in Delhi: refugee networks, faith and well-being
… are concerned with supporting refugee well-being more holistically in India. … Urban … Urban refugees in Delhi: refugee networks, faith and well-being …
Publication, 01 December 2017
Two women carry buckets with fruits on their heads.
Street vendors and garbage pickers need protection from climate extremes
Insight, 05 October 2021