Lutfor Rahman, Research Officer at the International Centre for Climate Change & Development (ICCCAD) and a member of the Inclusive Urban …[more »]
Water security in secondary cities of Bangladesh: A case of Mongla
Tag: Systems of Provision
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 »]
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 »]
Disruption to livelihoods: Living with major power outages in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka has been facing an energy crisis since 3 December 2021, with massive shortages of electricity, as well as …[more »]
“Embarrassment will emerge”: Sanitation at Somaliland’s urban margins
Universal access to infrastructure is among the core ideals of modernity, a symbol of development and progress. Material connectivity and …[more »]