![Evidence and Innovation: the tried, tested and boring](http://resilienturbanism.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/ReinventingTheWheel-470x140.png)
Evidence and innovation – these are two words familiar to anyone reading about humanitarian programming. Nowadays everything has to be “evidence-based”, judged against “indicators”, monitored,…
![Post-disaster repairs II: the case of repurposing ex-industrial landscapes in the UK](http://resilienturbanism.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Washington-State-470x140.jpg)
What is so special about humanitarian bureaucracy anyway? Haven’t plenty of people in all sorts of different organisations come up with a great idea that…
![How to bridge theory, policy and practice in post-disaster shelter?](http://resilienturbanism.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Shelter-PechaKucha-Posters-470x140.jpg)
Earlier this year Laura Heykoop, Bernadette Devilat and I ran a Shelter Research PechaKucha to test one way of bridging the theory-policy-practice divide. The aim…
![Post-tsunami housing in Indonesia](http://resilienturbanism.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Post_tsunami_housing_Indonesia-470x140.jpg)
Habitat for Humanity supported more than 25,000 families to repair or rebuild their homes following the Indian Ocean Tsunami – but what lasting effect did…
![Critical techno-policy in Japan](http://resilienturbanism.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Sea-Wall-470x140.jpg)
When we use the word ‘critical’ in engineering we usually mean thresholds not theories. Neat boundaries rather than full-on discourse analysis. And I, for one,…
![Banda Aceh, Indonesia, 9 months after the Indian Ocean Tsunami. Source: Victoria Maynard](http://resilienturbanism.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Banda-Aceh_Indonesia_9-months-after-the-tsunami-e1372346098640-470x140.jpg)
Following a disaster local, national and international decision-makers make complex choices in a rapidly changing situation. They must match the needs of affected communities with…