Lutfor Rahman, Research Officer at the International Centre for Climate Change & Development (ICCCAD) and a member of the Inclusive Urban …[more »]
Year: 2022
The importance of material cultures for understanding consumption
Consumption is one of the cornerstones of mainstream economics, assumed to derive from the aggregated decisions of isolated individuals maximising …[more »]
Access to water services in informal settlements in Mongla, Bangladesh
Globally, 24% of the urban population lives in informal settlements. Such settlements often have inadequate essential services, including housing, water, …[more »]
Working with – rather than against – emergent settlements in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe’s peripheral urban developments spiked post-2000 following rural and peri-urban land reform initiatives. Land redistribution radically transformed urban housing land …[more »]
The Hargeisa fire: Causes, responses and what lies ahead
On 1 April 2022, a massive fire burnt down Waaheen market, Somaliland’s largest open-air market, located in the centre of …[more »]
Constant fear of eviction: How poor people experience life in Somaliland’s growing cities
Inclusive Urban Infrastructure team members Mustafe Ibrahim Abdi, Nasir Mohamed Ali and Ahmed Omer (all Institute for Peace & Conflict Studies) …[more »]
Fuel crisis: A double burden for low-income residents in Colombo, Sri Lanka
A blog post by Inclusive Urban Infrastructure team members Mohideen M. Alikhan (Research Consultant at the Centre for Migration Research …[more »]
The G7 infrastructure plan has to avoid China’s mistakes
An opinion piece by Sunit Bagree, Communications Manager for Inclusive Urban Infrastructure, arguing that the G7’s Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment …[more »]
Centring human rights, choice and agency in forced climate displacement policy design in Bangladesh
Lutfor Rahman, Research Officer at the International Centre for Climate Change & Development (ICCCAD) and a member of the Inclusive Urban …[more »]
Success story from the informal settlements of Bangladesh
An opinion piece by Lutfor Rahman, Research Officer at the International Centre for Climate Change & Development and a member of …[more »]