Join us at 2pm (Oslo time) for @NORCAPweb's Green Shift report launch where we will present our report "Urban Transitions: Clean Energy in Urban Recovery".
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Urban-A delivers analysis, evaluations and strategies for complex urban environments aiming to contribute to inclusive and sustainable cities.
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@_Urban_A_ have been very glad to support this important work of @MayorsMigration and their #GlobalCitiesFund. Read more about the first five project cities (Barranquilla, Beirut, Freetown, Lima, & Mexico City) in the progress report we have contributed to develop.
Mayors Migration Council@MayorsMigration
On #MigrantsDay, we are pleased to release the #GlobalCitiesFund Progress Report to tell the stories of our first 5 city grantees. It's time the int'l community views local govs as equal partners in urban migration/displacement by supporting them directly. mayorsmigrationcouncil.org/news/gcf-progr…
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On Friday 26th November, @LSEGeography‘s Dr Romola Sanyal co-organised the conference “Markets, States and Civil Society: Strengthening Responses to Urban Crises” alongside @_Urban_A_. Find out more about the topics covered here: urban-crises.co.uk/conference-sch…
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Nice conference @LSEGeography urban-crises.co.uk Reflections on how cities can work for the most marginal (and how they often do not) made us think of @AfricanCities_ reflections in Working Paper2 on access to shelter being governed by complex often exclusionary rules.
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In closing #LSEUrbanCrises, Romola Sanyal @LSEGeography highlighted benefits of bringing new voices together to confront the many ways crises manifest in cities. Through transnational conversations, rather than reductionist comparisons, we can imagine new solutions together.
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In closing #LSEUrbanCrises, Romola Sanyal @LSEGeography highlighted benefits of bringing new voices together to confront the many ways crises manifest in cities. Through transnational conversations, rather than reductionist comparisons, we can imagine new solutions together.
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Nikolaos Vrantsis presenting findings from his research from Greece focused on the political economy of violence and aims at providing historical and geographic contextualisations of vigilant violence incidents in urban settings. #LSEUrbanCrises
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Demonstrating the importance of housing in both improving integration outcomes for IDPs but also, if inadequately planned, exacerbating their segregation and marginalization #LSEUrbanCrises
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From her research on housing policy in Colombia, Angela Franko, draws attention to some of the negative effects of lack of adequate planning in implementing housing to address displacement in Colombia, a country of more than 10 mill internally displaced people. #LSEUrbanCrises
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Khondaker Hasibul Kabir, a community architect working in Bangladesh and 19 other Asian countries, argues we cannot leave these compex issues (city making) to planners alone, they will fail. Communities inluding displaced, needs to be actively engaged. #LSEUrbanCrises
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The large-scale shelter construction has contributed to social-spatial segregation, incl. formation of gangs and armed groups. - Angela Franko sharing insight from her book “Marginalidad Oculta. Políticas de Vivienda Social y Vivienda gratuita en Colombia” #LSEUrbanCrises
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From her research on housing policy in Colombia, Angela Franko, draws attention to some of the negative effects of lack of adequate planning in implementing housing to address displacement in Colombia, a country of more than 10 mill internally displaced people. #LSEUrbanCrises
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Our third panel on Housing and Shelter - investigating the evolution of housing and shelter provision for displaced populations is live.
We are very honored to have @Jonny_Darling as discussant for this session. #LSEUrbanCrises
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"How is the crisisimpacting clean energy provision? People are now forced to turn to clean energy - with the clean energy produced over the past year the same as over the 10 oregoing years." @PierreElKhoury2 @LCECtweets #LSEUrbanCrises
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"90% of the population can be categorised as energy poor in Lebanon, the sector is heavily affected by the current crisis." @PierreElKhoury2 of @LCECtweets #LSEUrbanCrises
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Jorn Owre of @NRC_Norway, and Emmanuel G Michael Biririza, a @NORCAPweb secondee to @UNHABITAT, has kicked of the Energy session talking about on-ground approaches and strategic work to green humanitarian action. #LSEUrbanCrises
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The second panel of today discusses access to (clean) energy in humanitarian settings, as both a cause and consequence of conflict, and energy access as a key condition that can help address a range of needs and composite challenges in urban crises situations. #LSEUrbanCrises
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We are live with the second panel of the "Markets, States and Civil Society Strengthening Responses to
Urban Crises".
Still possible to listen in to several interesting sessions this afternoon - bit.ly/3FFgplD. @LSEGeography #LSEUrbanCrises
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@hodansomali at the #LSEUrbancrisis conference underlined the importance of municipalities in the provision of basic services to people affected by forced displacement because municipalities are the level of governance that is closest to the people. @LSEGeography
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Bringing a 'Durable Solutions Unit' to a municipality like Mogadishu, one of the fastest growing cities in the world, can propose more holistic strategies to support durable solutions that grasp the complexity of integration @hodansomali #LSEUrbanCrises
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