Humanitarian action in an urban world: the IRC's role in improving urban crisis response

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Publication language
English
Pages
4pp
Date published
01 Aug 2016
Type
Research, reports and studies
Keywords
Organisational, Response and recovery, Urban

The humanitarian landscape is changing. The world is urbanizing rapidly, and its ever-expanding cities will increasingly be affected by natural disasters and displacement crises. Despite the existence of sprawling refugee camps in countries bordering the world’s conflict zones, today some 60% of the world’s refugees live in urban contexts, most of them in the cities of conflict- affected or low-income countries struggling to maintain stability and provide services for their host populations. Such trends generate new challenges and opportunities for humanitarian actors.