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Camp site with several informal tents made of fabric and plastic.
Are humanitarian agencies starting from scratch again in Haiti?
… energy and funds – and then lost. Supported by IIED under the Urban Crises programme  then funded by the Department for International … consolidate and publish data from just one sector – community planning for the rehabilitation of informal neighbourhoods. Over 3,500 … so they could have learned what to expect in the event of future disasters. If local capacity had been strengthened in Grande Anse, would …
Insight, 24 October 2021
World Urban Forum 2008
… challenge is to minimise burgeoning poverty in cities, improve the urban poor's access to basic facilities such as shelter, clean water and sanitation and achieve environment-friendly, sustainable urban growth and development." ACHR Networking Event: Communities as Key … with this one focusing on the role and re-conceptualisation of planning in the context of today’s urban challenge. IIED was invited to …
Event, 30 October 2008
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Dhaka City Earthquake Simulation
… Charles Kelly focuses on the last of these themes: coordinating urban disaster preparedness. The report describes the process of … mechanisms, and partnerships, which in turn would aid in further planning for a large-scale event. While the report is an excellent … Urban …
Publication, 01 December 2017
Climate change studies analyse risks and resilience in urban Vietnam
… research and policy dialogue in Da Nang, a side event to the Vietnam Urban Forum on 24-25 October. "Heat stress and extreme weather are a … laws and regulations. Long-term efforts to adapt through urban planning to improve infrastructure, such as through tree-planting for … in Hue and Da Nang lack housing that can withstand climatic disasters. It found that professional agencies rarely construct housing …
News, 22 October 2013
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Strengthening the resilience of vulnerable groups to disasters and climate change: sustainable energy solutions in Quy Nhon City
… This paper investigates the relationship between disasters and energy supply in the coastal city of Quy Nhon, Vietnam. … which were exacerbated during times of water stress and natural disasters, including typhoons. The impacts of perturbations in the … market, adequate financing mechanisms and participatory local energy planning to help the poorest households. …
Publication, 01 June 2014
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Rural-urban Transformations
… This issue describes the multiple linkages between rural and urban areas, with papers drawn from 13 nations. A large and growing proportion of rural households have urban components to their livelihoods while most rural households rely … management around Bamako, Ouagadougou and Chennai, and environmental planning and waste-water management around cities. It also has papers on …
Publication, 01 January 2003
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Getting local governments, residents and enterprises to respond to the new IPCC assessment
… local good practice that involves local governments and engages urban poor groups and their organizations. This is so needed to build knowledge, capacity and learning in all urban centres.~This Brief also discusses how to achieve coherence across four urban agendas: development, disaster risk reduction, climate change …
Publication, 01 April 2014
Woman walking through a vegetable garden. A pond behind her.
D&C Days 2021: five pathways for adaptation, resilience and action
… as well as a shift from ‘equality’ to ‘equity’ is needed when planning activities across the early warning, early action continuum. An … as a robust approach to reduce the impacts of climate-related disasters . To be effective and sustainable, these systems must take … BY-NC-ND 2.0 ) Innovative collaborations between different types of urban stakeholders are the key to delivering sustainable and effective …
Article, 12 November 2021
Big changes in distribution of world's urban population
… and Development (IIED) in the 2007 edition of its analysis of urban change, which it has issued periodically since 1986. The research highlights the gap between rapid urban growth and government capacity to plan and manage it in most of … to reduce poverty," he adds. "This will also influence whether disasters linked to climate change can be avoided and greenhouse gas …
News, 21 October 2007
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Towards resilience and transformation for cities II
… with transformation; what cities are doing to build resilience to disasters; and building resilience in an informal settlement. Six papers … in Manizales (Colombia) and Chetumal (Mexico), through asset planning in Cartagena, through gendered resilience in Dhaka, and through … Guarulhos, Arequipa, Lima and Durban. There is also a paper reviewing urban residents’ coping and adaptive practices. There are also papers on …
Publication, 01 April 2014