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

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Informal settlements (slums)

Head and shoulders photos of three people alongside the words 'podcast 24 and "Make Change Happen".

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

Truck carrying a huge load of cardboard.

Building resilient cities with the resilience of informal workers

Sonia Dias
02 October 2023

Water tanker.

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

Reem Alhaddadin
28 September 2023

Condensed housing borders a grassy area which has litter strewn over it.

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

David Satterthwaite
27 September 2023

View of informal housing and vegetation in the background.

Simplified sewerage systems: lessons from Dar es Salaam

Christopher Yap
05 September 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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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

21866iied.pdf

Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia: building urban solutions

21856iied.pdf

Finding urban solutions for Ethiopia’s Eritrean refugees

21711g.pdf

Karonga Climate Profile: Summary Version

21631iied.pdf

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

Woman crouching grabbing wet clothes from a basket.

An unexpected cooperative project to lighten women's pandemic clothes-washing burden

Blog, 01 August 2022

A group of women siting around a table.

Learning from each other: community groups share experiences across continents

Blog, 18 July 2022

Women sitting next to vegetables wear masks and keep social distancing.

What lessons can we learn from COVID-19 responses in African cities?

Blog, 04 July 2022

An illustration showing people and flowers in front of tall buildings.

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

Article, 23 June 2022

Water pours from two pipes set into stone, surrounded by photos, alongside a pile of clothes.

Embracing disruptive resilience

Article, 23 June 2022

Water pours from two pipes set into stone, surrounded by photos, alongside a pile of clothes.

Urban climate justice: connecting social justice and decarbonisation

Article, 23 June 2022

Shack housing on the side of a hill.

No climate justice without housing justice

Article, 23 June 2022

Houses are submerged in water.

Making the most of migration: mobility in the context of the climate emergency

Article, 23 June 2022

A man sitting on a bench surrounded by large trees.

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

Blog, 16 June 2022

People building informal houses on stilts behind rising water.

IIED at WUF11

Event on 26 June 2022