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The Urban Humanitarian Response Portal is a global site to share knowledge on urban humanitarian crises.

The portal holds the largest collection of reports, lessons learnt, policies, tools and methodologies relevant to responding to crises in urban environments.

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Seizing the urban opportunity: How national governments can recover from COVID-19, tackle the climate crisis and secure shared prosperity through cities - Insights from six emerging economies

Joining Forces to Combat Protracted Crises: Humanitarian and Development Support for Water and Sanitation Providers in the Middle East and North Africa

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), World Bank Independent Evaluation Group, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

Urban Resilience in South Asia

All India Disaster Mitigation Institute (AIDMI)

Local Inclusion of Migrants and Refugees - A Gateway to existing ideas, resources and capacities for cities across the world

UN Habitat, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Center for Mediterranean Integration (CMI), World Health Organization (WHO)

Impact assessment

IOM & UNEP – Identifying Climate Adaptive Solutions to Displacement in Somalia

Samuel Hall, International Organization for Migration (IOM), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Plan/Policy/Strategy

Recommendations into Action Brief COVID-19: Safe Cities and Safe Public Spaces for Women and Girls

Literature Review on Law and Disaster Recovery and Reconstruction

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)

Tools/guidelines

Using the Sphere Standards in Urban Settings (Part two)

Sanderson, D. & Sitko, P.

Alliance Knowledge Products

Tools/guidelines

Guidance Note: Protocol of Engagement between Local Governments and Humanitarian Actors

Global Alliance for Urban Crises

Global Alliance for Urban Crises

Tools/guidelines

Guidance Note: Protocol of Engagement between Local Governments and Humanitarian Actors - Ukrainian version March 2022

Global Alliance for Urban Crises

Tools/guidelines

Urban Competency Framework

Global Alliance for Urban Crises, RedR UK

Tools/guidelines

Urban Competency Framework: User Guide

Global Alliance for Urban Crises, RedR UK

Urban Competency Framework: Research Report

Global Alliance for Urban Crises, RedR UK

Building Resilience in the Face of Crisis: a Focus on People and Systems

Global Alliance for Urban Crises

Urban Profiling For Better Responses To Humanitarian Crises

Global Alliance for Urban Crises

Urban Displacement from Different Perspectives: An Overview of Approaches to Urban Displacement

Global Alliance for Urban Crises, JIPS

Philippines Case Study Urban Disaster Response

Opulencia-Calub, S. & Gough, T.

Global Alliance for Urban Crises

Vulnerabilities in Urban Protracted Displacement: Exploring the Roles of Space and Time

Institute of Development Studies (IDS), International Rescue Committee (IRC), Humanitarian Leadership Academy