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Informal settlements (slums)

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New collaborative initiative launches to transform housing justice

08 January 2025

Image showing the fishing community slum of Sai Baba Sahi after the construction, with a main street paved with stones, houses and shops.

It takes two (for a disaster) to tango

Antarin Chakrabarty
13 December 2024

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Cities are vulnerable to climate change and central to its solutions

Anna Walnycki and Tucker Landesman
20 November 2024

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Bringing nature to children in disadvantaged urban communities

Sudeshna Chatterjee and Louise Chawla
14 November 2024

Flooding at Otumara Settlement.

Better Cities II: Transforming informal settlements on a warming planet

30 October 2024

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Urban legend: one man, 50 years, countless seeds of hope

Long read 13 May 2024

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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 exploring the critical shifts in governance, policy and action needed to transform informal settlements on a warming planet

The transition to a predominantly urban world

A series of insights 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 on urban refugees and internally displaced peoples that also supports municipal authorities to respond to crisis and protracted displacement

Housing justice

A programme of work involving research, capacity development, policy advisory and advocacy initiatives that advance housing justice

Publications

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Monitoring and stopping forced eviction: a crucial pathway to secure housing for all

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Collective, non-speculative housing to realise adequate housing for all

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Climate justice in informal settlements in Buenos Aires

Communication practices and the struggles for housing justice

Displaced people: the need for an ‘urban first’ approach

Media trajectories: a brief introduction to the communication practices of housing movements in São Paulo and Lagos

Economic penalties for refugees running businesses in Nairobi

22496IIED.pdf

The SECURe framework: thinking about power and politics when using co-production interventions for urban resilience

Syrian refugees in Jordan

22466IIED.pdf

Building sustainable housing futures for all

557 entries

Aerial view of a residential town nestled amidst lush greenery.

Quito: sustainable transformation in Guápulo – nurturing nature in the heart of the city

Article, 14 February 2024

A group of men standing around a black water tank.

Rainwater harvesting in vulnerable homes in Santo Domingo’s colonial centre

Article, 14 February 2024

People building a wall out of disused tyres.

Tegucigalpa: From climate change adaptation to mitigation strategies in informal urban settlements

Article, 14 February 2024

Aerial view of a densely populated slum area with numerous buildings and a river flowing through it.

Building low-carbon resilience into Freetown’s future

Article, 14 February 2024

A close-up view of a building, with an abundance of windows, washing hanging from balconies and TV dishes shown outside the densely packed apartments.

São Paulo: how social movements are advancing housing rights while decarbonising the city

Article, 14 February 2024

A group of people forming a line, handing bags of garbage to each other.

San José: ecoins – promoting the circular economy and decarbonisation through public-private partnerships

Article, 14 February 2024

A garden area with a structure with vegetation on its roof.

Green infrastructure for heat reduction in San Salvador

Article, 14 February 2024

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Rethinking urbanisation and economic development

Insight, 05 February 2024

A man standing beside a garbage cart and holding a big sack. The cart has a flag of Brazil and a sign saying "collective collection" on Portuguese.

Supporting waste pickers in Brazil’s cities: what’s needed and what needs to change?

Insight, 18 January 2024

Garbage collects in a stream under a bridge. In the background, cars are parked in front of shops and homes.

Mapping Brazilian waste pickers’ risks and their responses to climate change

Insight, 04 January 2024