![Urban planning after humanitarian crises: Supporting local actors to take the lead](https://resilienturbanism.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/20141108_Victoria-Maynard_Guian-NDZ-470x140.jpg)
How can humanitarian actors support local government to lead recovery and reconstruction planning after urban crises? My current research project (with Elizabeth Parker, David Garcia…
![Freedom to participate: can the capability approach offer insight into participation in disaster recovery processes?](https://resilienturbanism.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Homeless-but-not-hopeless-470x140.jpg)
After a disaster, do people always have the capabilities to participate fully in the reconstruction and recovery process? In the development and humanitarian fields, we…
![Rebuilding away from the coast: Whose risk is really reduced?](https://resilienturbanism.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/mm2-470x140.png)
By Michelle Annette Meyer, PhD The Philippines faces a long road of recovery decisions that will affect the population’s risk for generations to come. One…
![Typhoon in the Philippines: reading between the lines of sensationalist journalism](https://resilienturbanism.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/ReadingYolandaMedia-470x140.jpg)
For those who followed the news of the Philippines in the aftermath of typhoon Haiyan / Yolanda, the picture was one of a flailing government…