Sheela Patel – The Federation Model of Community Organizing (Slum Dwellers International)
In the past two decades through a process called “Enumeration” through which the members collect at city level data about slums, Slum Dwellers International…
Institute of Urban and Regional Development
IURD conducts collaborative, interdisciplinary research and practical work that reveals the dynamics of communities, cities, and regions and informs public policy. IURD focuses on…
The Routledge Handbook on Cities of the Global South
The Routledge Handbook on Cities of the Global South Edited by Susan Parnell and Sophie Oldfield African Center for Cities The renaissance in urban theory draws…
UN-Habitat Report on land tenure issues among Yazidis in Iraq
In November, UN-Habitat published a report focusing on Housing, Land and Property issues in the Yazidi community’s area in Iraq. The findings of the…
New Urbanization Guidelines For China’s Cities
A new set of guidelines titled “Green and Smart Urban Development Guidelines” have been published through a collaborative effort by the China Development Bank Capital, the biggest source…
Citiscope | The challenge and potential of informal settlements
The United Nations estimates that more than 860 million people are currently living in urban slums! It defines a slum as a place where…
Time to unlock rights to rural land?
South China Morning Post The mainland’s 900 million farmers will be on the lookout for rural land use reforms after a signal from the…
A new report from Brookings: Foresight Africa 2016
A preview of Foresight Africa: Top priorities for the continent in 2016, in which the Africa Growth Initiative and its colleagues discuss six overarching…
Cairo Declaration on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development in the Arab Region Adopted
Cairo, December 2015 – The Cairo Declaration on Housing, and Sustainable Urban Development in the Arab region was adopted on the last day of…
Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies: America’s Rental Housing Report
Even with the strong rebound in multifamily construction, tight rental markets make it difficult for low- and moderate-income renters to find housing they can afford. Find out more in the report, America’s Rental Housing: Expanding Options for Diverse and Growing Demand, from the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies.