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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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Building better cities: responding to the twin challenge of inequality and climate change

23 June 2022

People building informal houses on stilts behind rising water.

IIED at WUF11

Event on 26 June 2022

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The role of urban green space: how London got its parks

David Satterthwaite
16 June 2022

Shack housing on the side of a hill.

No climate justice without housing justice

23 June 2022

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Tackling air pollution in informal settlements in Kenya

Began 2017

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Stitching with determination: stories of women garment workers in Indore, India

07 June 2022

Two women wearing masks hand over a bag to another woman wearing a mask

Q&A: Two years on, blog series maintains its focus – in changing and challenging times

09 May 2022

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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 exploring what social, political and environmental factors cause cities to thrive or decline

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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City planning with displaced communities: the benefits of inclusion

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From risks to resilience: action research into informal workers' health and wellbeing in Indore, India

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Prioritising action on health and climate resilience for informal workers

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Better cities are possible: responding to the twin crises of climate change and inequality

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The Urban Crises Learning Fund evaluation final report

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Doing more with less: COVID-19 relief by community networks in Southeast Asia

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Scaling up community-led COVID-19 responses: five key lessons

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The contribution of cities to local and planetary health - equity, ecosystem services and nature

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Amplifying grassroots COVID-19 responses in Kenya

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Citizen participation in planning: from the neighbourhood to the city

A young woman sits working at a sewing machine in a corner of a room.

Stitching with determination: stories of women garment workers in Indore, India

Article, 07 June 2022

A woman in a yellow sari and wearing a facemask is standing in a field of crops. She is putting the plants into a bag tied around her waist.

Resilience through flexibility – the story of peri-urban agricultural workers in India

Article, 06 June 2022

Two women wearing face masks are sitting at a table covered in boxes and bags of vegetables. Together they are preparing food.

Reframing the pandemic: COVID-19 relief by community networks tackles roots of poverty

Blog, 30 May 2022

Three women holding a sack of rice between them.

Seeking cheaper, better quality rice: the cooperative rice distribution project in Jakarta

Blog, 25 May 2022

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Climate change, health and informal workers – highlighting urban challenges and responses from India and Zimbabwe

Event on 08 June 2022

Three people stand talking in a street. A man, a woman and, in the middle, a young man wearing a face mask.

A just recovery from COVID-19: young people from eight African cities speak out

Blog, 24 May 2022

Two women wearing masks hand over a bag to another woman wearing a mask

Q&A: Two years on, blog series maintains its focus – in changing and challenging times

Article, 09 May 2022

An aerial view of dozens of shack housing in close proximity, with colourful roofs

Bridging the urban adaptation finance gap

Blog, 25 April 2022

Rubbish bags on top of buildings.

Community-led waste management at scale

Blog, 12 April 2022

Clothes hang on lines outside small poorly maintained houses

Introduction to building transformative urban resilience for all

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