Informal settlements (slums)

137 entries

Overview of the Nawalane neighbourhood, street with buildings on one side.

Case studies on urban density from Karachi, Bangkok and Kathmandu

25 August 2023

A boat on a river next to a pile of garbage with buildings in the background.

Climate chasm: the yawning gap between policy and reality

Efadul Huq and Tanzil Shafique
24 July 2023

Aerial view of informal housing.

Locally-led housing action needed to accelerate the UN’s urban SDG

Camila Cociña and Alexandre Apsan Frediani
13 July 2023

View of informal housing and vegetation in the background.

Better for everyone: exposing the hidden value of equitable housing in informal settlements

Event on 20 July 2023

Building with a mural of a young girl.

Forced displacement and the city

Event on 26 September 2023

A body of water with houses on stilts next to it.

New evidence shows the hidden value of improving housing in informal settlements

16 May 2023

21401iied.pdf

Towards housing justice

13 March 2023

Aerial view of a flooded city with destroyed housing and infrastructure

Connecting decarbonisation and social justice in cities

Began April 2022

Overview of the Nawalane neighbourhood, street with buildings on one side.

Case studies on urban density from Karachi, Bangkok and Kathmandu

Article, 25 August 2023

A boat on a river next to a pile of garbage with buildings in the background.

Climate chasm: the yawning gap between policy and reality

Blog, 24 July 2023

Aerial view of informal housing.

Locally-led housing action needed to accelerate the UN’s urban SDG

Blog, 13 July 2023

View of informal housing and vegetation in the background.

Better for everyone: exposing the hidden value of equitable housing in informal settlements

Event on 20 July 2023

Building with a mural of a young girl.

Forced displacement and the city

Event on 26 September 2023

A body of water with houses on stilts next to it.

New evidence shows the hidden value of improving housing in informal settlements

News, 16 May 2023

21401iied.pdf

Towards housing justice

Publication, 13 March 2023

Aerial view of a flooded city with destroyed housing and infrastructure

Connecting decarbonisation and social justice in cities

Active Project

A cow and two goats eat grass surrounded by waste. There are houses and people in the background.

Why does so little aid seem to go to basic needs? – part two

Blog, 24 January 2023

Dirt and dirty canal next to a field. Informal buildings in the background

Are basic needs given low priority in most bilateral aid programmes? – part one

Blog, 10 January 2023