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Abstract
Today, there are over 4.2 billion people living in our cities. By 2045, the prediction is that there will be six billion, with most growth taking place in Asia and Africa.
Against this backdrop of rapid urbanisation, increasing disasters, conflict and displacement, and an aid system geared towards rural response, what are the challenges and opportunities of working in urban spaces for the humanitarian sector? And what is good practice in humanitarian action for urban response?
This Good Practice Review is a peer-reviewed book of some 80,000 words. It comprises chapters on context (ways off seeing the city, urban threats etc), themes and issues (corruption, coordination and resilience), tools and approaches (relating mostly to stages of project cycle management), and sectoral responses (such as health, water and sanitation, demining, housing and land rights, and shelter, and others).
