Urban Displacement

Displacement trends have become more complex, protracted, and increasingly, urban. As a wider range of settlement options outside of camps and camp-like settings emerge, the context in which CCCM actors are providing essential assistance has become more diverse, and complex situations with neighboring host communities have emerged, including disputes over HLP rights and tenure security. As such, different approaches have been introduced, such as Area-based, Settlements, and/or Neighborhood approaches to aid humanitarian responses in addressing some of the challenges that have emerged in dispersed camp contexts and informal settlements in urban areas. Settlements approach strategies, such as participatory mapping, community and municipal capacity building, and multi-sectoral engagement and collaboration, can be effective in addressing HLP and tenure security challenges, delivering essential services in diverse environments, and providing long-term solutions to integrating displaced populations in camp-like settings into host communities.

This section will highlight the relevance of CCCM activities and skill sets in applying settlements/area-based approaches to addressing urban displacement, and how these approaches can be used to address complex HLP and tenure security challenges through inclusive, multi-stakeholder, multi-sectoral, and community-led practices.