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A street in Freetown, Sierra Leone: involving growing low-income urban populations in urbanising countries will help result in more inclusive urbanisation (Photo: bobthemagicdragon, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
In the world's poorest countries, cities could be the Sustainable Development Goals test
… The United Nations'  2030 Agenda presents a dazzling array of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) , claims they are integrated and indivisible, … world's poor countries, where the targets the most far reaching and urbanisation and urban growth are at their most rapid (see the figure … In the world's poorest countries, cities could be the Sustainable Development Goals test …
Insight, 07 June 2016
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Leave no one behind: what is the role of community-led urban development?
… in informal settlements, without access to basic services. The global Sustainable Development Goals seek to redress this inequity with an overarching aim … networks are already doing to ensure no one is ‘left behind’ in urban development. It presents examples from Cambodia, Indonesia, Nepal, the … Leave no one behind: what is the role of community-led urban development? …
Publication, 01 December 2016
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Narrowing the data gap to the achieve the New Urban Agenda
… (NUA) is one of the major global frameworks seeking to inform urban development policies and practice. As the focus shifts to implementing … to actively engage in implementing the objectives of the NUA for more sustainable, resilient and liveable urban futures. …
Publication, 01 February 2020
Informal food vendors in Mathare, Nairobi. Understanding food consumption and how food systems work is essential to support food security (Photo: Cecilia Tacoli/IIED)
Urbanisation, rural-urban transformations and food systems
… With much of the debate on global food security and rural development framed in terms of inadequate agricultural production, … little attention is paid to how the diversity of processes of urbanisation – reflected in food consumption and food systems that … food security and livelihoods of low-income groups while fostering sustainable rural-urban transitions.  This project addressed a number of …
Project, 31 August 2016
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Participatory democracy and sustainable development: integrated urban environmental management in Porto Alegre, Brazil
… and environmental education. The paper ends by discussing how sustainable development is impossible without good urban environmental management … Participatory democracy and sustainable development: integrated urban environmental management in Porto Alegre, …
Publication, 01 October 2002
An aerial view of Nairobi, with slums in the foreground alongside green space
Tomorrow’s cities: reducing disaster risk for the poor
… into urban planning and decision making is an important barrier to sustainable development and the single greatest global challenge: eradicating …
Project, 24 February 2022
A woman sitting on a raised platform
Urban food insecurity and malnutrition are about more than just food
… by both the income and non-income dimensions of urban poverty. The urbanisation of food insecurity and malnutrition  After decades of … and obese adults and one in three stunted children. To achieve Sustainable Development Goal target 2.2 of eliminating all forms of malnutrition, we … Sustainable markets …
Insight, 16 October 2019
Aerial view of Villa 20, Buenos Aires
Transforming cities, transforming lives
… fail to create lasting change or reach many people. To build more sustainable, equitable futures, cities must reconfigure their deeper … that are currently reinforcing high-carbon, resource-intensive urbanisation.   Such a process requires holistic visions for desirable … and Human Security (UNU-EHS) , IIED, IIED-América Latina  and  German Development Institute (DIE-GDI)  – will work closely with local partners …
Project, 30 June 2021
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Local level finance: community-led contributions to delivering urban development
… The scale and ambition of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) creates a challenge to transform the way in which urban development is funded, managed and delivered. Estimates suggest that … Local level finance: community-led contributions to delivering urban development …
Publication, 01 February 2017
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Urban ARK 1: Urban Africa: Risk Knowledge – A Research Agenda
… Sub-Saharan Africa’s rapid urbanisation presents an enormous opportunity to plan and manage more resilient and sustainable towns and cities. Decision makers and risk managers at all … sub- Saharan Africa’s increasingly urban future is more resilient and sustainable. …
Publication, 01 January 2017