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Bright, small packets hang down from ropes in front of a partly destroyed building.
Three years on from the Antakya earthquake: reconnecting people to places
… plans were set to cause another catastrophe for the city’s social and urban fabric. This reconstruction agenda pursued two intertwined goals: … heritage, and socio-spatial restructuring favouring a state-sponsored urban identity.  In Antakya, one of Turkey’s most culturally diverse … Urban … Policy and planning …
Insight, 18 February 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
… and decision-making powers, lack of support for community-based planning initiatives, as well as difficulties translating grassroots … Besides triggering profound socio-spatial restructuring, large-scale disasters are often moments of intense reworking of state/society … phase, while the long-term effects of disasters continue to shape urban development for decades. Yet disasters can also create ‘spaces of …
Insight, 30 July 2025
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Strengthening urban resilience in informal settlements: the SECURe framework in practice
… will live in cities, making inclusive disaster risk reduction and urban resilience increasingly critical. Yet informal settlements, which … services and security of tenure, remain systematically excluded from urban resilience planning, despite being highly vulnerable to climate-induced stresses. … Urban … Strengthening urban resilience in informal settlements: the SECURe framework in …
Publication, 23 June 2025
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Closing the gender data gap to enhance climate adaptation in urban Zimbabwe
… and girls face disproportionate climate risks, especially in informal urban settlements.  Although some local initiatives by women-led … hinder progress.  Disaggregated data collection reveals the impact of disasters on women and the importance of their leadership in adaptation … strategies and integrate women’s voices into policy and planning will help to close the gender data gap, and lead to more …
Publication, 30 October 2025
A row of multicoloured containers filled with water beside a dusty road.
Drought in displacement: inclusive responses to urban drought in Zambia and Jordan
… to climate change. Yet, attention remains focused on climate-related disasters triggering displacement, and there is comparatively less … builds on that work by highlighting the importance of responses to urban drought that are inclusive of displaced people. Objectives Through … this project aims to inform local urban drought policy and planning processes and highlight the importance of including displaced …
Project, 30 January 2025
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IIED's best of 2025: publications
Article, 16 December 2025
An aerial view of Nairobi, with slums in the foreground alongside green space
Tomorrow’s cities: reducing disaster risk for the poor
… and fires – that threaten their lives and livelihoods. And as urban areas continue to expand, this number is expected to double by 2050. Failure to integrate multi-hazard disaster risk into urban planning and decision making is an important barrier to sustainable … Urban … Building transformative urban resilience for all …
Project, 24 February 2022
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Interviews: co-creating pathways to urban equality
… IIED hosted an online discussion about a new wave of ‘pathways’ to urban equality, which have been co-constructed by active groups across … of a special issue of Environment and Urbanization on pathways to urban equality (developed in partnership with the KNOW programme ), … Settlements, and discussant Caren Levy  (CL) of UCL’s Development Planning Unit. …
Article, 23 November 2022
Aerial view of housing with metal roofs, palm trees and a river
Environment & Urbanization Better Cities Day
… group (HSG)  leads the institute’s research and policy engagement on urban development issues, and works in collaboration with a range of … & Urbanization (E&U)  is a world-leading biannual environmental and urban studies journal that seeks to advance a more socially just and … reflected on the disconnect between humanitarian response and urban planning. It discussed opportunities to bridge these gaps through recent …
Event, 16 March 2023
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Rethinking post-disaster relocation in urban India
… After natural disasters, governments often relocate vulnerable urban communities in the name of humanitarian relief. But urban communities rarely welcome such relocation, since it frequently … Policy and planning … Urban … Rethinking post-disaster relocation in urban India …
Publication, 01 August 2017