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Mean Streets: Identifying and Responding to Urban Refugees'...
Content Type: Resource
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Publisher(s): Women's Refugee Commission
Date: Mar 2016
Location: Global - Multiple countries

An increasing majority of refugees live in cities and they face gender-based violence risks as a result of unmet needs and intersecting oppressions based on gender, race, sexual orientation, and...

Rapid Humanitarian Assessment in Urban Settings
Content Type: Resource
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Publisher(s): Assessment Capacities Project (ACAPS)
Date: Jun 2018
Location: Global - Multiple countries

This technical brief is intended to be a starting point for improving coordinated needs assessments in urban areas, without which the humanitarian community will not be able to ensure the quality...

Climate Change and Infrastructure, Urban Systems, and Vulnerabilities
Content Type: Resource
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Publisher(s): National Climate Assessment (NCA)
Date: Nov 2018
Location: Global - Multiple countries

This report is a summary of the currently existing knowledge base on its topic, nested within a broader framing of the issues and questions that need further attention in the longer run.
Urban area-based approaches in post-disaster contexts
Content Type: Resource
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Publisher(s): International Institution for Environment and Development
Date: Nov 2018
Location: All Countries

The Stronger Cities Initiative is a consortium of the International Rescue Committee (IRC), the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) and World Vision International (WVI), with technical advice provided...

Settlement Approaches in Urban Areas: A Compendium of Case Studies
Content Type: Resource
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Publisher(s): Global Shelter Cluster
Date: Dec 2018
Location: All Countries

Compendium of Urban Settlement Approaches Case Studes compiled by the Global Shelter Cluster Urban Settlements Working Group
Area-Based Approaches Channel
Content Type: Channel
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Date: Nov 2018
Location: All Countries
During humanitarian emergencies, affected communities do not perceive their needs, recovery and resilience in sectoral terms, but from a holistic, multi-sectoral perspectives. Meeting these...
Barrio Mio and Katye: PCI’s neighbourhood approach in cities
Content Type: Resource
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Publisher(s): ALNAP
Date: Jul 2019
Location: Guatemala, Haiti

This case study focuses on the context of Guatemala City, in particular its informal settlements. It explores how a disaster risk reduction (DRR) project, Barrio Mio, is working in this complex...

CCCM Case Studies 2016 - 2019: Chapter 2
Content Type: Resource
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Publisher(s): Global CCCM Cluster
Date: Sep 2019
Location: Global, Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, South Sudan

Chapter 2 of the CCCM (Camp Management and Camp Coordination) case study collection focuses on camp management operations that utilised mobile and area-based CCCM approaches. The seven case ...

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Humanitarian Contexts Reflections on...
Content Type: Resource
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Publisher(s): Practical Action Publishing Ltd
Date: Apr 2020
Location: All

This book is composed of reflections on the current practice of WASH in humanitarian context. It can also be found on  www.developmentbookshelf.com...

Rainwater Harvesting
Content Type: Resource
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Publisher(s): Practical Action Publishing Ltd
Date: May 2020
Location: Vietnam and South East Asian Countries

Water is essential to life. The current Covid pandemic highlights the need for accessible water supply. However, millions of people throughout the world still do not have access to this basic...

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