JDC Literature Review
The JDC literature review contains summaries of recent publications and academic scholarship on issues relating to forced displacement.
The Path of Least Resistance? EU Cities and Locally Organized Resettlement
This article highlights efforts being made by some EU cities to locally organize resettlement for refugees. For example, in Italy, a project led by the church organization Community of Sant’ Egidio organizes the resettlement of 750 refugees each year through its...
Women Refugees, Leisure Space and the City Sarah Linn
The author highlights key findings of her research on Syrian refugees’ gendered experiences of mobility, security and public space in neighborhoods in the cities of Amman and Beirut. A number of intersecting structural and identity issues have combined to create...
Transformative Climate Action in Cities
This article unpacks how climate change will affect migrant populations living in cities (including refugees and IDPs), and how local governance and actions to combat the effects of climate change will address migrants’ vulnerability and support their inclusion in...
Establishing Legal Identity for Displaced Syrians
Protracted conflict in Syria, the destruction or closure of civil registries, and complicated processes for issuing documents to refugees in host countries, have had a serious detrimental effect on many Syrians’ ability to prove their legal identity. In Syria, the...
A Citywide Approach in Urban Bangladesh
This article discusses the lessons learned from a citywide approach to reduce the prevalence of child labor and to protect working children’s rights in four cities in Bangladesh. World Vision targeted around 89,000 internally displaced children in four cities (Dhaka,...
Applying Camp Management Methods to Urban Displacement in Afghanistan
The shift to out-of-camp urban displacement presents a particular challenge to agencies working within the camp management sector. A desk review, conducted by the Camp Coordination and Camp Management (CCCM) Cluster in 2014, found that the camp management approach...
Urban Planning in Times of Displacement: Secondary Cities in Ukraine and Niger
Urban displacement can have a significant impact on secondary towns and cities, as demonstrated by the experiences of municipalities in southeastern Niger and eastern Ukraine. In both cases, local authorities struggle to respond to the increased demand for public...
Multi-stakeholder Approach to Urban Displacement in Somalia
This article highlights several collaborative, multi-stakeholder responses in Somalia’s cities, which provide insights into how different actors can work together to provide a coordinated response to the challenges of urban displacement through inclusive,...
Area-based Approaches: An Alternative in Contexts of Urban Displacement
This article discusses the use of area-based approaches, complementary to the current humanitarian architecture, to address urban displacement. Area-based approaches typically involve: (a) the targeting of geographic areas with high levels of need, delineated by...
Urban Planning for Refugee Housing: Responding to Urgent Needs
This article discusses how the city of Hamburg adjusted its urban planning policy to accommodate refugees, and the implications of their approach. The settlement of 82,000 refugees in Hamburg (a city of 1.8 million people) between 2015 and 2019 exacerbated an already...