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Humanitarian Aid on the Move

Humanitarian Aid on the move No. 8

28/10/2011

While cities grew with the acceleration of the rural exodus and urbanisation, the conflicts of the Cold War directed humanitarian action towards rural environments. Cities, which had been the scene of violence up till WWII with the bombing of Dresden, the siege of Stalingrad and the ruins of Hiroshima, began to take centre stage again at the beginning of the 90s with wars such as those in Sarajevo, Mogadishu and Grozny. Humanitarian practices were not adapted to these new operational contexts. [...]
  • Editorial, François Grünewald
  • Cities and crises, Béatrice Boyer and François Grünewald
  • What is French decentralised cooperation doing in terms of territorial crisis management? , Pierre Baillet
  • The challenges of reconstruction from the point of view of local authorities, Bertrand Gallet
  • Responding to crises in cities by strengthening local governance and capacity, Pierre Schapira
  • Managing crises in urban areas: food and nutritional security and urban-rural links, Florence Egal
  • Cities and global risks, François Grünewald
  • Towards the sustainable development of urban areas affected by disasters, Emmanuel Hubert
  • Kabul – Port au Prince, reflections on post crisis aid operations in urban environments, Béatrice Boyer
  • Humanitarian programmes which need to be adapted to urban vulnerabilities in Port-au-Prince, Freetown, Charikar or Ulan Bator, Nicolas Villeminot
  • Post-earthquake Haiti: supporting the post-earthquake urban reconstruction process, Jean-Yves Barcelo
  • Humanitarian action in cities: new challenges, new roles ?, Simon Deprez and Eléonore Labattut
  • Post-disaster re-housing in cities: should we support social dynamics or reinforce the status quo?, Sandra D’Urzo
  • Bibliography on cities and crises
  • Events in “Humanitarian Aid on the move” No. 8
UAH urba 2011

Autumn School of Humanitarian aid 2011

“Cities and crises”

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