Adapting to an Urban World

This Syria Crisis exercise is part of a series of case studies explored within the context of the project Adapting to an Urban World. This project was developed to address an identified gap in urban assessment tools. The aim of the project is to develop assessment guidance and tools specifically designed for use in urban contexts. In order to achieve this objective, the project will examine a number of different urban contexts with food insecure populations. These contexts will differ to ensure the spectrum of different factors affecting urban food insecurity are included. It is intended that this will include rapid on-set emergencies, chronic food insecurity, urban refugees, urban slums among others.

For the second case study it was decided to focus on Syrian refugees in urban settings in both Jordan and Lebanon through a secondary data analysis and without including a primary data collection exercise.

The overall objectives of this case study are to highlight how actors have adapted assessment methodologies within this context, to understand what defines vulnerability for urban refugees, and to acknowledge the primary assessment challenges. This case study aims to take learning from urban assessments in Jordan and Lebanon, and use it to inform the broader project objectives.