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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 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

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

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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

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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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

21511iied.pdf

Enabling city resilience bonds

21471x.pdf

Addressing urban inequalities II

21401iied.pdf

Towards housing justice

21271iied.pdf

City planning with displaced communities: the benefits of inclusion

21466x.pdf

Addressing urban inequalities I

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From risks to resilience

Informal housing

Interviews: co-creating pathways to urban equality

Article, 23 November 2022

Informal housing built on a hill

Cities for refugees: places of economic productivity, participation and wellbeing

Event on 06 December 2022

A series of rainbow flags outside a building.

Heteronormativity in the development sector: where are we now?

Event on 08 December 2022

Five people posing with signs that read "gentrificado"

What does queer have to do with it?

Active Project

People gathering around a table with a laptop

Civic media for housing rights: lessons from struggles against evictions in São Paulo and Lagos

Active Project

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Data tales – part three: the technological prowess of the urban poor

Blog, 07 November 2022

Map of Cuttack, India

Data tales – part two: the challenge of technology

Blog, 27 October 2022

Man walking next to rail tracks covered by weeds

How can local urban priorities connect with responses at global level to the climate crisis?

Blog, 26 October 2022

A view from high up of a city with tower blocks, framed by the sky.

Can global reporting bring about transformation?

Blog, 12 October 2022

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Local and regional governments hold key to tackling rising global inequalities

Press release, 11 October 2022