Affordable Housing

Advancing the Right to Housing Through Self-Build

By |2024-04-30T16:03:16+02:00April 18th 2024|Housing and Construction|

“A house for all” is a promise made by the South African government, which has not yet been fulfilled. Annette May, of Isandla Institute, highlights this ongoing struggle and advocates for policy reform to address systemic challenges in housing delivery.

Energy in Cities

Navigating Heterogeneity: The Way to a Just Energy Transition in the Global South’s Housing Sector

By |2024-01-05T12:59:12+01:00April 20th 2023|Gender and Inequalities, Sustainable Infrastructure|

Achieving a just energy transition in the urban housing sectors of the Global South demands recognition and engagement with their heterogeneous energy networks and rapidly evolving spatialities. Marie Urfels explores the challenges of achieving a just energy transition in the housing sector of the Global South while emphasising the importance of embracing these complexities to create targeted, context-specific solutions.

Energy in Cities

Improving Thermal Comfort in Community Buildings in India’s Informal Settlements

By |2024-01-04T16:41:26+01:00April 11th 2023|Gender and Inequalities, Housing and Construction, Resilient Cities and Climate|

India has a long tradition of building climate-friendly houses. But in the case of informal settlements, applying this knowledge presents many difficulties. This leads to intense heat stress for residents. However, there is hope on the horizon, as we highlight an exciting initiative: utilising innovative design solutions for thermal comfort in community buildings in Chennai and Coimbatore - an Urban Living Lab approach.

Gender, LNOB & Feminist Development Policy

Creating Integrated and Safe Neighbourhoods for All Through International Peer Learning Exchange

By |2024-01-04T16:42:02+01:00March 30th 2023|Gender and Inequalities, Integrated Planning|

For years cities have been planned and built for only half the population: Women’s needs are represented sparsely at most. The BMWSB project “Dialogues for Urban Change” implements the approach of international peer learning to create safe public spaces for everyone.

Gender, LNOB & Feminist Development Policy

Navigating the Concrete Jungle: The Gender Divide in Urban Life

By |2024-01-04T16:42:17+01:00March 21st 2023|Gender and Inequalities, Integrated Planning|

From accessing public services to just being able to survive, the city can be a vastly different place for different genders. Join Paula Meth as she explores gender inequalities in informal urban environments.

Urban Health

Rebuilding Evicted Kampungs in Jakarta – Restoring Communities, Providing a Better Quality of Life

By |2024-01-04T16:40:13+01:00September 27th 2022|Gender and Inequalities, Housing and Construction|

Forced evictions and displacements should be stopped, but it is not enough. Muhammad Azka Gulsyan wants us to think about how to rebuild the evicted homes, and restore affected communities and their livelihoods. Vertical Kampung-projects in Jakarta show that rebuilding and restoration are possible.

LIVEABLE CITIES

Empowerment Through Blocking-Out In Cape Town’s Informal Settlements

By |2024-01-04T15:41:23+01:00May 5th 2022|Housing and Construction, Sustainable Infrastructure|

How can architectural solutions contribute to increase liveability in informal settlements? Alfredo Brillembourg portrays how the process of blocking-out facilitated the empowerment and upgrading in the informal settlement of Khayelitsha.

URBAN LABS AND INNOVATION

JAGA MISSION – Transforming Lives, Leaderships, and Liveability

By |2024-01-04T15:42:31+01:00April 21st 2022|Gender and Inequalities, Housing and Construction|

The Indian state of Odisha has initiated a slum upgrading programme that acknowledges residents as city makers. Preeti Prada Panigrahi presents its advantages and successes.

Rethinking Resilience In Bangladesh’s Urban Slum Communities: An Experimental Thought

By |2024-01-04T15:44:56+01:00March 30th 2022|Gender and Inequalities, Housing and Construction, Resilient Cities and Climate|

When thinking about the resilience of urban poor, it is worthwhile to think of resilience as a dynamic process of transition on individual and household level, argue Zakir Hossain and Mostafizur Rahman.

Understanding Dynamics of Urban Poverty in Nigeria: What Role for Urban Governance?

By |2024-01-04T14:58:43+01:00September 14th 2021|Gender and Inequalities, Good Governance|

How are rapid urbanisation, urban poverty, and slums' emergence interconnected in Nigeria? And what areas of urban governance should local governments focus on if they are to successfully tackle urban poverty? Bassey Bassey shares some reflections.

Integrating Water and Sanitation with Wider Slum Upgrading

By |2024-01-04T14:47:40+01:00July 8th 2021|Finance, Gender and Inequalities, Good Governance|

Sam Drabble, Sara Márquez Martín, and Jane Weru explore how water and sanitation can and should be better integrated with wider slum upgrading initiatives.

COVID-19 in Cities – Pathways Towards Transformative Urban Recovery

By |2024-01-04T14:51:43+01:00June 8th 2021|Good Governance, Resilient Cities and Climate|

Anna Walnycki and Alice Sverdlik present the new framework co-created by the IIED's Human Settlements Groups and key urban stakeholders.

Regularising Unauthorised Colonies in Delhi: A Missed Opportunity to Improve Gendered Access to Land?

By |2024-01-04T14:24:25+01:00April 1st 2021|Gender and Inequalities, Housing and Construction|

Delhi’s recent regularisation scheme PM-UDAY promises to improve tenure security of about 5 million residents – a highly ambitious task considering the gendered implications of land tenure security in India. Can the scheme deliver on its potential and strengthen women’s land ownership? By Sonal Sharma, Smriti Singh and Sukrit Nagpal from SEWA Bharat

Regularising Unauthorised Colonies in Delhi: Well-Intended but Not Enough

By |2024-01-04T14:24:39+01:00March 30th 2021|Gender and Inequalities, Housing and Construction|

A recent regularisation scheme promises to improve the tenure security of about 5 million Delhi residents. But how inclusive is the scheme and does it keep pace with the realities on the ground? Sukrit Nagpal, Smriti Singh and Sonal Sharma from SEWA Bharat take a critical look.

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