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A group of four men and women wearing overalls, one with an axe over his shoulders and one crouching down, pose for a photo. In the foreground are a few rocks, with a dusty landcsape and mountains in the background.
Lessons from a fruitful journey: seven years of EbA research and action
Insight, 31 May 2022
Relocated street vendors operate in the car park below the alun-alun of the Masjid Raya Mosque in Bandung, but this basement area does not attract many customers and vendors have to breathe in car and motorcycle fumes due to the poor air circulation (Photo: Kemal Jufri/Panos Pictures)
Building trust through dialogue with street-food vendors
… in mid-September 2015 in Bandung, Indonesia, illustrating the urban food systems in Indonesia. The interviews can also be viewed on … fumes. Opening a door to dialogue Informal street vendors and modern urban planning struggle to coexist. But there are examples of successful … public policies that protect and improve the food systems of the urban poor. "The Food Lab is a place where we can try to solve these …
Insight, 05 November 2015
Dharavi slum, Mumbai, India (Photo: Akshay Mahajan, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Data that supports local development
… by national statistics. Some national statistics are available for urban and rural areas but rarely for individual cities, let alone for … can be used to try to motivate action – for instance the 880 million urban dwellers recorded as without water piped to their premises in 2015 … of all informal settlements in more than 600 cities. Recognising what matters Most of those who promote the SDG goals and targets do not …
Insight, 22 September 2016
Communities and municipal authorities are working more closely together to improve Zimbabwe's low-income neighbourhoods (Photo: Diana Mitlin/IIED)
Co-learning for inclusive cities
… on work completed but instead focused on current challenges. Scale matters… One challenge for communities in areas where services and … city authorities will be critical to that upgrading work and any new urban development options for the lowest income and most disadvantaged urban dwellers. Bridget Mandizha (Housing Manager in Harare) reflected …
Insight, 09 April 2014
The capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka, is one of the world's largest cities. It is surrounded by rivers and lies only a few metres above sea level. The urban poor living in flood-prone areas are most threatened by climate change (Photo: David Dodman/IIED)
The IPCC and an urbanising planet
Insight, 06 November 2014
Woman walking through a vegetable garden. A pond behind her.
D&C Days 2021: five pathways for adaptation, resilience and action
Article, 12 November 2021
COP19: Cities on the agenda at the climate talks
… about the significant challenges they face to finance and implement urban adaptation and how these challenges can be overcome. The ingenuity … Countries have hardly had a look in – yet the residents of these urban areas are, and will continue to be, among the most vulnerable … climate negotiations is correctly seen as important. But low-income urban residents (including people living in ‘slums’ and informal …
Insight, 22 November 2013
Locally led urban development: an experiment in change
… the ground actively involved. If we can find a way to work with the urban poor then the same approach could be used by people at … Locally led urban development: an experiment in change …
Page, 19 October 2011
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IIED's best of 2021: publications
… South.   Local governments and grassroots organisations have led urban responses that have been pivotal in shaping the pandemic’s … Yet policymakers have had only a limited focus on the pandemic’s urban dimensions.  Holistic interventions will be vital to address the … their technical support partners. It explains why climate resilience matters and what it is. The related infographic was developed to make …
Article, 17 December 2021
Street in Karachi, Pakistan with overflowing sewage.
The real issue is universal access to affordable basic services
… million people living in slums – only around 10% of those living in urban areas in need of assistance – by 2020 would mean that this MDG … the deficiencies in provision for water and sanitation in rural and urban areas is astonishing. In most sub-Saharan African nations and many Asian nations, less than a quarter of their urban population has water piped to their premises – see figure 1.  Most …
Insight, 14 August 2012