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Quantifying the attributional and consequential impacts of Kenya’s future timber construction developments: Ndarugu Student City
… population growth is expected to double to 2.1 billion by 2050. Urban migration into cities such as Nairobi in Kenya will continue … in for example the proposed Ndarugu Student City, reduce urban emissions while also incentivising smallholder tree-growing in …
Publication, 15 October 2021
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Finance for community-led local, city and national development
… critical role of finance in community-led and local government-led urban development. Community-managed funds drawn from savings groups … with local governments, in order to meet basic needs and reduce urban poverty. The financial processes of community funds can be … Urban …
Publication, 01 April 2018
Flooding in a Manila slum particularly affects street and slum children (Photo: Jörg Dietze/SuSanA Secretariat via Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Poorest urban children failed in disasters, says report
… shaping this. The majority of disaster risk reduction programmes in urban Asia fail to address this issue. "Therefore efforts must be made … vulnerable in disasters and emergencies. "Those living in overcrowded urban environments already have many hazards to contend with on a daily … neglect. "More needs to be done to provide the basic services poor urban children need in order to grow up healthy and safe so they can …
News, 03 March 2014
Surveying residents in low-income housing in Vijinapura, India. Receiving accurate data about slums can help local authorities plan solutions (Photo: cstepin, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Co-producing urban innovation from the bottom up
… may have lived for many years. However, participants heard how urban poor organisations are working with local governments to find … Shack/Slum Dwellers International (SDI) , an international network of urban poor organisations. This process also helps to strengthen … Urban … Co-producing urban innovation from the bottom up …
News, 24 October 2016
Flooding in a Manila slum particularly affects street and slum children (Photo: Jörg Dietze/SuSanA Secretariat via Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
New study shows poor urban children are hit hardest in disasters
… shaping this.  "The majority of disaster risk reduction programmes in urban Asia fail to address this issue. Therefore efforts must be made to … vulnerable in disasters and emergencies. Those living in overcrowded urban environments already have many hazards to contend with on a daily … neglect. "More needs to be done to provide the basic services poor urban children need in order to grow up healthy and safe so they can …
News, 03 March 2014
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Farmers' markets in Tamil Nadu: increasing options for rural producers, improving access for urban consumers
… of state-sponsored fruit and vegetables farmers’ markets in selected urban centres of Tamil Nadu, South India. The study assessed actual and … and marginal farmers, and to increased food security for low-income urban groups. Similar initiatives are under way in a number of Indian … As recent evidence shows that in many countries in the South urban food insecurity and malnutrition are increasing, it is important …
Publication, 01 March 2002
Prema Gopalan stands centre stage in an orange sari. Two men present her with a certificate; two others stand behind and applaud.
Prema Gopalan remembered
News, 23 May 2022
People stand on a sea-wall with a road and look out at the ocean.
8 points on financing climate change adaptation in urban areas
Insight, 20 June 2013
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Building a resilient city for whom? Exploring the gendered processes of adaptation to change: a case study of street vendors in Hanoi
Publication, 01 May 2016
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Building homes, changing official approaches: The work of Urban Poor Organizations and their Federations and their contributions to meeting the Millennium Development Goals in urban areas
… local, city and national levels. It focuses mainly on the work of the urban poor/slum/homeless federations that have developed their own … support them, these also show a capacity to scale-up and include all urban-poor groups within a city. … Building homes, changing official approaches: The work of Urban Poor Organizations and their Federations and their contributions …
Publication, 01 July 2005