27 March 2012

Urban Issues

The 21st Century Urban Disaster (CHF International, March 2012) [text]
- Examines the "increasingly complex nature of humanitarian responses to urban disasters."

Integrating Cities, Amsterdam, 8-9 March 2012 [info]
- Workshop 5 focused on "The Role of Cities in Refugee Resettlement" (scroll down for presentations).

"Protecting People in Cities: The Disturbing Case of Haiti,"
Disasters, forthcoming (2012) [preprint]

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons, Chaloka Beyani, UN Doc. No. A/HRC/19/54 (UN General Assembly, Dec. 2011) [text via ReliefWeb]
- Includes a thematic section that examines the "particular nature of displacement in urban contexts."

Sanctuary in the City? Urban Displacement and Vulnerability in Amman, HPG Working Paper (ODI, March 2012) [text]

State of Play Review: Migrants, Cities and the Business Sector (The Hague Process on Refugees and Migration, Oct. 2011) [text]

Urban Attractions: Returnee Youth, Mobility and the Search for a Future in South Sudan’s Regional Towns, New Issues in Refugee Research, no. 232 (UNHCR, Jan. 2012) [text]

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