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Addressing urban environmental issues for cities that work for people and planet

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Urban Matters blog

Informal settlements (slums)

Head and shoulders photos of three people alongside the words 'podcast 24 and "Make Change Happen".

Filling in the gaps: how Delhi organisations provided food relief during COVID-19

18 October 2023

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Finding urban solutions for Ethiopia’s Eritrean refugees

04 October 2023

Truck carrying a huge load of cardboard.

Building resilient cities with the resilience of informal workers

Sonia Dias
02 October 2023

Water tanker.

Beyond the city’s borders: water and sanitation access for refugees in Mafraq

Reem Alhaddadin
28 September 2023

Condensed housing borders a grassy area which has litter strewn over it.

Keeping urban health on the agenda in the 1980s and 90s

David Satterthwaite
27 September 2023

View of informal housing and vegetation in the background.

Simplified sewerage systems: lessons from Dar es Salaam

Christopher Yap
05 September 2023

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Towards housing justice

13 March 2023

Related collections

Learn more about focused areas of IIED's urban work

Better cities are possible: achieving resilient, low-carbon and inclusive urban development

A series of articles looking at ways to achieve resilient, low-carbon and inclusive urban development

The transition to a predominantly urban world

A series of blogs and interviews designed to share the experiences of community leaders, professionals, researchers and government from the global South

Urban crises and forced displacement

A programme of work bringing together diverse perspectives on humanitarian emergencies and forced displacement, to inform new directions in urban crisis response

Housing justice

A programme of work producing knowledge and methodologies for housing policy and initiatives that promote wellbeing and sustainability in cities of the global South

Publications

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Somali refugees in Kenya: increasing camp-urban mobility

21981Xiied.pdf

Rethinking urbanization and economic development

21951iied.pdf

Exploring new approaches to urban refugee hosting in Kenya

21866iied.pdf

Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia: building urban solutions

21856iied.pdf

Finding urban solutions for Ethiopia’s Eritrean refugees

21711g.pdf

Karonga Climate Profile: Summary Version

21631iied.pdf

Four myths about protracted displacement

21571iied.pdf

Measuring what makes a ‘good life’ in exile

21566iied.pdf

Social protection in Indian cities: lessons from the pandemic

21551iied.pdf

Towards queer-centred urban development

A bridge crossing a river filled with dirt and flowing water.

Do national governments and international agencies need urban health departments?

Blog, 22 November 2023

Aerial view of desert refugee camp with makeshift homes.

Silent battles, resounding strength: the lives of transgender refugees in Kenya

Blog, 21 November 2023

Two women chat to each sitting on a bench at night.

The changing status of Karachi’s women

Blog, 07 November 2023

Map with overlaid photos

COVID Relief Archive for Lessons on urban Social Protection (CORALS)

Article

A group of women sit on the floor outside listening to a discussion.

Understanding the long-term social and economic impacts of COVID-19 in low income urban communities

Article

Recycled goods are sorted into bulky bags.

Building resilience in informal settlements: community participation in the distribution of state and non-state relief in Harare during the COVID-19 pandemic

Article

A woman wearing a mask receives money from another mask-wearing women behind a desk. Three other people in the bare room (one in a wheelchair) are standing/seated far apart.

Beneficiary targeting during the COVID-19: getting social protection to the most vulnerable

Article

A woman helps another woman balance a box overflowing with groceries on her head, while a third woman watches from a doorway.

Social protection and urban informality: how Zimbabwe tackled COVID-19

Article

Man stands holding a microphone surrounded by seated people.

Lessons from the pandemic: recommendations for urban stakeholders in Harare

Article

A line of people wearing masks, spaced apart, wait for a man dressed in full protective clothing pointing a temperature gun to test for COVID-19.

How far can non-state relief reach?

Article