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

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Informal settlements (slums)

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Help cities help people – bringing everyone together in the refugee response: Make Change Happen podcast episode 23

17 August 2023

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Enabling city resilience bonds

26 June 2023

A street with terraced houses, trees and cars parked in front

How to build resilience: the ‘eco-flat’ at 33 Gauden Road

David Satterthwaite
12 June 2023

People walking down a market on an unpaved

Trapped in camps or struggling in the city: the realities facing Somali refugee women in Kenya

Hafsa Ali
20 April 2023

A woman is sowing seeds on the side of the road.

Urbanising the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

David Satterthwaite and David Dodman
15 May 2023

Urban skyline at night

From low wages to no wages: the changing pattern of inequality in greater Johannesburg

Owen Crankshaw
02 May 2023

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Towards housing justice

13 March 2023

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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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Four myths about protracted displacement

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Measuring what makes a ‘good life’ in exile

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Social protection in Indian cities: lessons from the pandemic

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Towards queer-centred urban development

21511iied.pdf

Enabling city resilience bonds

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Addressing urban inequalities II

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Towards housing justice

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City planning with displaced communities: the benefits of inclusion

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Addressing urban inequalities I

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From risks to resilience

A woman hangs up clothes on a rail in a shop, with clothes on shelves behind her.

Refugee camps failing as a safety net against hunger, homelessness and ill-health

Press release, 22 September 2023

View of informal housing and vegetation in the background.

Simplified sewerage systems: lessons from Dar es Salaam

Blog, 05 September 2023

Man in black jacket walking among temporary tents and shelters.

How can we achieve a world without long-term refugee camps?

Event on 27 September 2023

Overview of the Nawalane neighbourhood, street with buildings on one side.

Case studies on urban density from Karachi, Bangkok and Kathmandu

Article, 25 August 2023

City traffic and buildings in Stalinist architecture.

(Mis)adventures in the former Soviet Union with the WHO

Blog, 21 August 2023

Head and shoulders photos of four people alongside the words 'podcast 23 and "Make Change Happen".

Help cities help people – bringing everyone together in the refugee response: Make Change Happen podcast episode 23

Article, 17 August 2023

Woman walking a flooded road with piles of trash bags next to her.

Getting attention to urban health issues – or not?

Blog, 07 August 2023

A boat on a river next to a pile of garbage with buildings in the background.

Climate chasm: the yawning gap between policy and reality

Blog, 24 July 2023

Aerial view of informal housing.

Locally-led housing action needed to accelerate the UN’s urban SDG

Blog, 13 July 2023

View of informal housing and vegetation in the background.

Better for everyone: exposing the hidden value of equitable housing in informal settlements

Event on 20 July 2023