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Informal settlements (slums)

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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

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Building resilient cities with the resilience of informal workers

Sonia Dias
02 October 2023

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

Reem Alhaddadin
28 September 2023

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

David Satterthwaite
27 September 2023

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Simplified sewerage systems: lessons from Dar es Salaam

Christopher Yap
05 September 2023

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Towards housing justice

13 March 2023

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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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Co-producing effective and contextual urban resilience solutions

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Somali refugees in Kenya: increasing camp-urban mobility

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Rethinking urbanization and economic development

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Exploring new approaches to urban refugee hosting in Kenya

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Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia: building urban solutions

21856iied.pdf

Finding urban solutions for Ethiopia’s Eritrean refugees

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Karonga Climate Profile: Summary Version

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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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Lessons from the pandemic: recommendations for urban stakeholders in Harare

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How far can non-state relief reach?

Article

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The Rajasthan Mahila Kaamgar Union: providing relief during COVID-19

Article

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The significance of community savings groups in informal settlements in Zimbabwe during COVID-19

Article

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Rent as social protection: thinking through housing insecurities experienced by domestic workers during the COVID-19 pandemic

Article

Informal housing block with children playing in front

Precarities of informal rental housing during the pandemic: interview with a domestic workers’ union in India

Article

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Improving social protection for low income and informal settlements: reflections from the pandemic

Article

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How COVID-19 affected informal livelihoods in Harare

Article

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The Delhi Coordinated Relief network: lessons from COVID-19

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Securing social protection for informal workers in Jaipur during COVID-19: lessons from a labour union

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