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Why collective organisations matter for resilience
… Urban …
Publication, 15 April 2026
Person standing next to a printed out poster, pointing and speaking. Other people are gathered and listening.
A shared vision, clear actions and a growing community: the next 20 years of locally led adaptation starts now
Insight, 21 May 2026
People sitting around a table, discussing and building model houses out of colorful paper materials and glue.
Why ‘living heritage’ matters for community-led, post-disaster recovery
Insight, 30 July 2025
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Strengthening and Enhancing Contextual Urban Resilience (SECURe) toolkit
… guide, to applying the Strengthening and Enhancing Contextual Urban Resilience (SECURe) framework. The SECURe framework is a … which researchers, policymakers and practitioners can understand urban power dynamics and inform the design of ‘urban labs’.  Urban labs … in power between city actors and ultimately transform whose risk matters when it comes to urban development planning. Urban development …
Publication, 11 April 2025
Man walking alongside a main road going through a small town in Uganda.
Measuring small towns – why definitions matter?
… The transition to an urban world is linked to profound rural transformations. Currently, a … farming, industry and services.  This challenges the view of a neat urban-rural divide. It also calls for a better understanding of … beyond large and intermediate centres. As the growth of smaller urban centres is projected to be an important contributor to …
Insight, 27 November 2024
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Definitions matter – part two
… fellow David Satterthwaite, examining different aspects of global urban change. The scale of the problem Billions of urban dwellers lack good quality water and sanitation in their homes. In … what the UN categorises as ‘improved’ water, only 2% of the world’s urban population lacks this provision. Even in low-income and the least …
Insight, 08 December 2021
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 … look to support the relationships and associations through which urban refugees currently meet their basic needs. The challenge of …
Insight, 07 November 2017
Informal housing and tall buildings behind.
Definitions matter – part one
… This matters because progress towards many of the UN’s Sustainable … population levels dropped dramatically globally, as well as levels of urban poverty? And how come 98% of the world’s urban population now has ‘improved’ water?   Yet we know that hundreds … Urban … The transition to a predominantly urban world …
Insight, 10 November 2021
Digging the foundations for a new home in an informal settlement in Nairobi (Photo: April Rinne, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Off the beaten track: Urban Matters blog roll
… contributing to and strengthening the body of knowledge that informs urban climate change resilience. Alternative Routes to Urban Density This website is funded by IIED and is designed to address the challenges of urban density. It connects the viewer to IIED-funded research studies … Urban … Off the beaten track: Urban Matters blog roll …
Article, 24 November 2015
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Urban humanitarian response: why local and international collaboration matters
… Humanitarian crises are increasingly taking place in urban contexts. Urban areas are highly dynamic and present complex challenges. But while … collaboration between local and international actors working in urban humanitarian response. Recommendations include empowering local … Urban … Urban humanitarian response: why local and international collaboration …
Publication, 01 October 2016