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Citizen participation in planning: from the neighbourhood to the city
… cover a Roma settlement in Serbia; the legacies of participatory planning in Havana; urban poor networks in Dhaka; planning for green space in Kumasi; a … area in Nairobi; community water projects in northern Pakistan; urban policy councils in Brazil; and a former informal settlement in … Urban … Citizen participation in planning: from the neighbourhood to the city …
Publication, 20 October 2021
View of informal housing by a lake, with a boat in it. In the background modern buildings and skyscrapers
Advancing inclusive and resilient urban development targeted at the urban poor
… identified opportunities for strengthening the resilience of the urban poor in Bangladesh, Indonesia and the Philippines.   It built … climate change impacts and governance to understand risks facing the urban poor in Bangladesh, Indonesia and the Philippines as a basis for … requires making decisions based on the best available evidence. Planning and decision-making processes need to be able to cope with …
Project, 07 February 2022
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Urban Dynamics and Everyday Hazards and Disaster Risks in Ibadan, Nigeria
… all scales in many African cities is a major limitation to effective planning for risk reduction. A preliminary assessment of the nature, scale and vulnerability to everyday hazards and disasters in the city of Ibadan, Nigeria is examined in the context of population growth, urban dynamics and processes at the city level and the larger scale …
Publication, 01 September 2018
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Partnership, Coordination, and Accountability in Urban Disaster Management: A Review of Policies in Bangladesh
… humanitarian organisations, national actors are often illprepared for urban crises. This paper by Dr. A. S. M. Maksud Kamal, S. M. Kamrul … of public policies, strategies, and management plans for dealing with urban disaster preparedness and response in Bangladesh. It analyses the … instruments and mechanisms, with a particular focus on partnerships, urban systems, and AAP. It is hoped that the findings of this study may …
Publication, 01 December 2017
A map showing the neighbourhoods around Port-au-Prince, Haiti
IIED publishes archive on post-quake planning in Haiti
… IIED has published a new digital archive that documents the planning response to the disaster. The Haiti Community Planning Archive will provide urban planners, students and those working in disaster response with … who are increasingly finding themselves responding to complex urban disasters.” An extraordinary collective effort The 2010 earthquake hit …
News, 09 January 2020
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Haiti earthquake 10 years on – a new chapter in disaster response
… recovery efforts that followed. The crisis in Haiti was distinctly urban in nature. This in itself was a challenge for humanitarian … reconstruction were trialled, based on a wide range of community planning initiatives. At its best this work helped to bring together the … who are increasingly finding themselves responding to complex urban disasters. The Haiti earthquake opened the eyes of many humanitarian …
Insight, 12 January 2020
Skyline view of a city with houses and short buildings in the front and skyscrapers in the background.
Q&A: Citizen participation in planning − from the neighbourhood to the city
… On 24 November, IIED hosted an  online discussion  about urban planning, particularly in informal settlements. In the absence of basic … alliances are possible in this space, the burdens and impacts of disasters still fall disproportionately on the most marginalised in … Urban … Q&A: Citizen participation in planning − from the neighbourhood to the city …
Article, 10 December 2021
Clothes hang on lines outside small poorly maintained houses
Introduction to building transformative urban resilience for all
… The combination of inequitable urban growth and rapid and unpredictable climate change is resulting in a rapidly growing number of urban residents living at risk from a range of complex and interacting … transition from crisis management to multi-hazard, risk-informed planning and decision making Advancing inclusive and resilient urban …
Article, 01 April 2022
Aerial view of a cities with packed informal settlements in the foreground and skyscrapers in the background.
Climate resilience and informal settlements: the urgent need to focus on how power and knowledge interact
… which tend to be highly exposed and vulnerable to climate disasters. Low- and middle-income countries are experiencing the highest and fastest urban growth in the world. This development pathway threatens to produce significant climate risks, exposing many vulnerable urban dwellers, but it also offers an opportunity for transformation. By …
Article, 30 October 2024
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Opportunities to address the emergent disaster risk landscape in urban India
… This emergent disaster risk landscape in India poses a threat to urban development investments and gains. However, ongoing post-disaster … climate in India, provide a policy window to further strengthen an urban disaster risk governance framework to facilitate and improve urban resilience planning and investment. …
Publication, 01 January 2015