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Urbanization and its implications for food and farming by Satterthwaite, David, McGranahan, Gordon, Tacoli, Cecilia

“…This paper discusses the influences on food and farming of an increasingly urbanized world and a declining ratio of food producers to food consumers…”
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The rising tide: assessing the risks of climate change and human settlements in low elevation coastal zones by McGranahan, Gordon, Balk, Deborah, Anderson, Bridget

“…Settlements in coastal lowlands are especially vulnerable to risks resulting from climate change, yet these lowlands are densely settled and growing rapidly…”
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Realizing the Right to Sanitation in Deprived Urban Communities: Meeting the Challenges of Collective Action, Coproduction, Affordability, and Housing Tenure by McGranahan, Gordon

“…There are serious institutional challenges associated with low-cost sanitation in deprived urban communities. These include a collective action challenge, a…”
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Urbanization and economic growth: the arguments and evidence for Africa and Asia by Turok, Ivan, McGranahan, Gordon

“…The relationship between urbanization and development is a vital policy concern, especially in Africa and Asia. This paper reviews the arguments and evidence…”
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Air Pollution and Health in Rapidly Developing Countries by McGranahan, Gordon, Murray, Frank

“…In developing countries the price of rapid growth is all too often noxious airborne pollution, which annually contributes to a disturbing number of avoidable…”
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Learning from Sustained Success: How Community-Driven Initiatives to Improve Urban Sanitation Can Meet the Challenges by McGranahan, Gordon, Mitlin, Diana

“…•Collective action, coproduction, affordability and tenure enable sanitary progress.•Two successful examples of sustained sanitation efforts are shown to…”
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Inclusive urbanization: Can the 2030 Agenda be delivered without it? by McGranahan, Gordon, Schensul, Daniel, Singh, Gayatri

“…Governments are wary of rapid urbanization, yet eager for the economic benefits that cities bring. The resulting tension is reflected in exclusionary cities…”
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The urban informal economy, local inclusion and achieving a global green transformation by Brown, Donald, McGranahan, Gordon

“…The green economy is widely promoted as a 21st century solution to sustainable development. The role of cities in pursuing this agenda is increasingly…”
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Are the debates on water privatization missing the point? Experiences from Africa, Asia and Latin America by Budds, Jessica, McGranahan, Gordon

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Urbanisation and Economic Growth: The Arguments and Evidence for Africa and Asia by Turok, Ivan, McGranahan, Gordon

“…The relationship between urbanisation and development is a vital policy concern, especially in Africa and Asia. This article reviews the arguments and evidence…”
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Is rapid urbanization of low-elevation deltas undermining adaptation to climate change? A global review by McGranahan, Gordon, Balk, Deborah, Colenbrander, Sarah, Engin, Hasim, MacManus, Kytt

“…Climate change is putting low-lying coastal zones at increased risk, through higher sea levels and changes in the weather. Deltas are subsiding, compounding…”
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Informal land investments and wealth accumulation in the context of regularization: case studies from Dar es Salaam and Mwanza by Andreasen, Manja Hoppe, McGranahan, Gordon, Kyessi, Alphonce, Kombe, Wilbard

“…Between half and three-quarters of new housing development in African cities has been taking place on land acquired through informal channels. This paper…”
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Estimating population and urban areas at risk of coastal hazards, 1990–2015: how data choices matter by MacManus, Kytt, Balk, Deborah, Engin, Hasim, McGranahan, Gordon, Inman, Rya

“…The accurate estimation of population living in the low-elevation coastal zone (LECZ) – and at heightened risk from sea level rise – is critically important…”
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Self-builder landlordism: exploring the supply and production of private rental housing in Dar es Salaam and Mwanza by Andreasen, Manja Hoppe, McGranahan, Gordon, Steel, Griet, Khan, Sadaf

“…Private rental markets accommodate a significant share of Africa’s rapidly growing urban populations. The vast majority of tenants are accommodated in rental…”
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Are the debates on water privatization missing the point? Experiences from Africa, Asia and Latin America by Budds, Jessica, McGranahan, Gordon

“…This paper has two principal aims: first, to unravel some of the arguments mobilized in the controversial privatization debate, and second, to review the scale…”
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Urban Health Inequities and the Added Pressure of Climate Change: An Action-Oriented Research Agenda by Friel, Sharon, Hancock, Trevor, Kjellstrom, Tord, McGranahan, Gordon, Monge, Patricia, Roy, Joyashree

“…Climate change will likely exacerbate already existing urban social inequities and health risks, thereby exacerbating existing urban health inequities. Cities…”
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The churn of the land nexus and contrasting gentrification processes in Dar es Salaam and Mwanza, Tanzania by John, Samwel, Mcgranahan, Gordon, Mkanga, Mwanakombo, Ndezi, Tim, Stephen, Stella, Tacoli, Cecilia

“…This article contrasts gentrification and related processes of displacement across two of Tanzania’s fastest-growing cities. Some groups are particularly…”
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Sharing reflections on inclusive sanitation by Banana, Evans, Chikoti, Patrick, Harawa, Chisomo, McGranahan, Gordon, Mitlin, Diana, Stephen, Stella, Schermbrucker, Noah, Shumba, Farirai, Walnycki, Anna

“…This paper draws on sanitation innovations in Blantyre (Malawi), Chinhoyi (Zimbabwe), Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) and Kitwe (Zambia) driven by slum(1)/shack…”
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Urban health development: a practical manual for use in developing countries by Gordon McGranahan

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URBAN CENTERS: An Assessment of Sustainability by McGranahan, Gordon, Satterthwaite, David

“…As increasing proportions of the world's population, production, and consumption become concentrated in urban areas, the need for urban development patterns…”
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