Rozina Haque Keywords resilience urban poor Urban Development climate change disaster risk reduction pro-poor policies and investments ADB Read more about Rozina Haque Rozina Haque is the Programme Head of the Ultra-Poor Graduation Programme at BRAC. She possesses over 18 years of proven experience in international development, focusing on social protection and economic inclusion and has built thematic expertise in the areas of climate change adaptation, disability inclusion, humanitarian response, urban, and gender.
Building Resilience through the Graduation Approach Recording Read more about Building Resilience through the Graduation Approach Recording A large number of studies and reports exist on the impacts of climate change and disasters and on the efficacy of different response mechanisms of the Government, donors, and various NGOs. More recently, greater attention has been paid to the interface between urbanization, climate change, and vulnerable groups, linked with strengthening resilience in urban areas.
The role of Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture in Urban Resilience Read more about The role of Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture in Urban Resilience
The prospects of urban agriculture to address nutrition insecurity in Dhaka, Bangladesh Read more about The prospects of urban agriculture to address nutrition insecurity in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Urban Farming: Climate- & Nutrition-Smart Agriculture Approach Read more about Urban Farming: Climate- & Nutrition-Smart Agriculture Approach
The potential of urban and peri-urban agriculture in Asia Read more about The potential of urban and peri-urban agriculture in Asia
Deepa Joshi Keywords resilience urban poor Urban Development climate change disaster risk reduction pro-poor policies and investments ADB Read more about Deepa Joshi Deepa Joshi is the Gender, Youth and Inclusion Lead at WLE and International Water Management Institutes (IWMI). A feminist political ecologist by training, her research has analysed shifts in environmental policies and how these restructure contextually complex intersections of gender, poverty, class, ethnicity and identity. Her interests lie in connecting gender and environmental discourse to local capacity-building initiatives and advocating for policy-relevant change across developmental institutions.
John Taylor Keywords resilience urban poor Urban Development climate change disaster risk reduction pro-poor policies and investments ADB Read more about John Taylor John Taylor is an urban planner and serves as the Chief Technical Advisor for FAO's Dhaka Food System Project in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Gordon Prain Keywords resilience urban poor Urban Development climate change disaster risk reduction pro-poor policies and investments ADB Read more about Gordon Prain Gordon Prain is a social anthropologist and independent consultant who advises Consultative Group on International Agriculture Research (CGIAR) Centers on issues related to urban and rural food systems and food security, gender, and agricultural change processes. Most recently he has been advising a team of CGIAR researchers in the preparation of a global initiative on the contribution of urban and peri-urban agri-food systems to city resilience.
The Role of Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture in Urban Resilience Recording Read more about The Role of Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture in Urban Resilience Recording Urban households predominantly depend on foods grown from rural and peri-urban areas. Urban agriculture is small-scale and informal, resulting in unstable production and inadequate to meet the growing demands. As a result, poor, vulnerable, and marginalized households in urban areas regularly face food insecurity issues, and they are nutritionally deprived, despite food-related expenses being their significant expenditure.