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The Tanah Abang district of the Indonesian capital Jakarta has chronic traffic problems. Attempts to clear informal settlements and street vendors are frequently met with protests (Photo: Ikhlasul Amal, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Ten urban planning principles every humanitarian should know
… population, or other reasons, people are moving to and living in urban areas. This trend is changing the nature of humanitarian crises … " investing in partnerships with a wide range of actors, including urban planners, private sector and local municipalities" (PDF) . The … businesses and NGOs, collaboration drives urban solutions.  4. Place matters  Humanitarians are conditioned to think about people, urban …
Insight, 10 November 2015
A family living in a cemetery in Cebu City, the Philippines. A lack of affordable housing has led some 100 families to set up home among the mausoleums (Photo: Karl Fluch, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Who can we trust to measure urban poverty?
… rates of urbanisation: the United Nations expects Africa's urban population to triple by mid-century (PDF) . Only Asia is experiencing faster rates of urban growth. By mid-century, towns and cities on these two continents … will require international support to meet the needs of this growing urban population. The United Nations and World Bank will be at the …
Insight, 13 June 2017
Women sitting next to vegetables wear masks and keep social distancing.
What lessons can we learn from COVID-19 responses in African cities?
… multiple risks (including climate change, pandemics, and profound urban exclusions). Pandemic preparedness should extend far beyond the … could potentially catalyse  longer-term, transformative benefits  in urban areas, ranging from improved water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) … can work constructively with urban informality. 5. The local context matters While many crossovers emerged between cities’ responses to the …
Insight, 04 July 2022
Syria refugees in Lebanon learn how to make fishing nets, a skill which will help them find work along the northern coast (Photo: DFID, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Why urbanisation matters in responding to humanitarian crises
… approaches that link the efforts of humanitarian, development and urban actors to respond to urban humanitarian crises caused both by disasters and by conflict. … camps – meaning that this humanitarian crisis is increasingly an urban crisis as well. The proportion of Syrian refugees in Turkey living … Urban …
Insight, 15 September 2015
Three people stand talking in a street. A man, a woman and, in the middle, a young man wearing a face mask.
A just recovery from COVID-19: young people from eight African cities speak out
… Urban responses to the COVID-19 pandemic remain at a critical juncture. … us to reflect from a youth perspective on a vision for transformative urban recovery that IIED produced in collaboration with urban … in power. As one youth in Lagos said: "The practice of participation matters." He noted that local councillors were supposedly representing …
Insight, 24 May 2022
Debra Roberts will become the latest 'outstanding woman in development' to deliver the Barbara Ward Lecture
Champion of urban climate action to deliver IIED's 2016 Barbara Ward Lecture
… Durban, South Africa. The lecture comes as the world focuses on urban issues ahead of Habitat III, the United Nations' first … practitioner working in an African city and will question if the New Urban Agenda − to be agreed at the summit − is actually capable of … levels – from grassroots partnerships to global summits. Our  Urban Matters blog  focuses on urban poverty, climate change in cities and …
News, 19 July 2016
Old woman in profile in front of thatched hut and mud house. Niger.
Making gender and generation matter
… example the growing number of young women and girls who migrate to urban centres responding to demand for domestic service by urban households. In turn, their remittances are often a crucial element … (SPARC).    Exploring mobility and migration in the context of rural-urban linkages: why gender and generation matter : this paper draws from …
Project, 26 April 2011
Aerial view of desert refugee camp with makeshift homes.
Silent battles, resounding strength: the lives of transgender refugees in Kenya
Insight, 21 November 2023
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Why small towns matter: urbanisation, rural transformations and food security
… The multiple and complex interconnections between rural and urban spaces, people and enterprises and how these affect poverty and … rural region. They are also home to about half the world’s urban population and are projected to absorb much of its growth in the … Urban …
Publication, 01 March 2017
A busy African street scene, with industrial buildings in the background.
Tackling air pollution in informal settlements in Kenya
… Urban … Urban health equity …
Project, 09 June 2022