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Diana Mitlin is affiliated with the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the social sciences with a concentration in urban studies, economics and econometrics, modeling and simulation, nutrition and dietetics, and finance.

Their work addresses a range of topics including urban and rural development challenges, urban planning and governance, COVID-19 epidemiological studies and pandemic impacts, child nutrition and water access, vaccine coverage and hesitancy, as well as housing, finance, and neoliberalism.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Diana Mitlin include:

  • Building Resilience to Climate Change in Informal Settlements (2020) published in One Earth
  • Local response in health emergencies: key considerations for addressing the COVID-19 pandemic in informal urban settlements (2020) published in Environment and Urbanization
  • COVID-19 and the case for global development (2020) published in World Development
  • Water access in global South cities: The challenges of intermittency and affordability (2021) published in World Development
  • COVID-19: what is not being addressed (2020) published in Environment and Urbanization

Frequent co-authors with whom Diana Mitlin has collaborated include Sam Hickey, David Hulme, Ralitza Dimova, Tom Gillespie, and Kate Pruce.

Their research outputs are regularly published in outlets such as Environment and Urbanization, SSRN Electronic Journal, World Development, IDS Bulletin, and Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research).

Best Publications

  • Environmental Problems in an Urbanizing World: Finding Solutions in Cities in Africa, Asia and Latin America

    Jorge Enrique Hardoy;Diana Mitlin;David Satterthwaite

  • Environmental Problems in Third World Cities

    Jorge Enrique Hardoy;Diana Mitlin;David Satterthwaite

  • With and beyond the state — co-production as a route to political influence, power and transformation for grassroots organizations

    Diana Mitlin

  • Can NGOs make a difference? The challenge of development alternatives

    Anthony J Bebbington;Samuel Hickey;Diana C Mitlin

  • Urban Poverty in the Global South: Scale and Nature

    Diana Mitlin;David Satterthwaite

  • Reclaiming Development? NGOs and the Challenge of Alternatives

    Diana Mitlin;Sam Hickey;Anthony Bebbington

  • CHALLENGES FOR COMMUNITY-BASED ADAPTATION: DISCOVERING THE POTENTIAL FOR TRANSFORMATION

    David Dodman;Diana Mitlin

  • Building Resilience to Climate Change in Informal Settlements

    David Satterthwaite;Diane Archer;Sarah Colenbrander;David Dodman

  • Urban Informality as a Site of Critical Analysis

    Nicola Banks;Melanie Lombard;Diana Mitlin

  • Local response in health emergencies: key considerations for addressing the COVID-19 pandemic in informal urban settlements

    Annie Wilkinson;Harris Ali;Juliet Bedford;Somsook Boonyabancha

  • COVID-19 and the case for global development

    Johan A. Oldekop;Rory Horner;David Hulme;Roshan Adhikari

  • Environmental problems in an urbanizing world

    JE Hardoy;D Mitlin;D Satterthwaite

  • The new global frontier : urbanization, poverty and environment in the 21st century

    Gordon McGranahan;Diana Mitlin;David Satterthwaite

  • Empowering Squatter Citizen: Local Government, Civil Society and Urban Poverty Reduction

    Diana Mitlin;Diana Mitlin;David Satterthwaite

  • Sustainable Development: a Guide to the Literature

    Diana Mitlin;Diana Mitlin

  • Sustainable development and cities.

    Jorge E. Hardoy;Diana Mitlin;David Satterthwaite

  • The Environment for Children: Understanding and Acting on the Environmental Hazards That Threaten Children and Their Parents

    David Satterthwaite;Roger Hart;Caren Levy;Diana Mitlin

  • Participatory approaches in urban areas: strengthening civil society or reinforcing the status quo?

    Diana Mitlin;Diana Mitlin;John Thompson

  • Urban Governance Voice and Poverty in the Developing World

    Diana Mitlin

  • Reducing Urban Poverty in the Global South

    David Satterthwaite;Diana Mitlin

  • Environmental Problems in Third World Cities

    Robert B. Potter;Jorge E. Hardoy;Diana Mitlin;David Satterthwaite

Frequent Co-Authors

David Satterthwaite
David Satterthwaite International Institute for Environment and Development
Anthony Bebbington
Anthony Bebbington Clark University
David Hulme
David Hulme University of Manchester
Stephanie Pincetl
Stephanie Pincetl University of California, Los Angeles
Sally Theobald
Sally Theobald Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Richard Heeks
Richard Heeks University of Manchester
Ivan Turok
Ivan Turok University of the Free State
Simon Marvin
Simon Marvin University of Sheffield
Stephanie Barrientos
Stephanie Barrientos University of Manchester
Melissa Leach
Melissa Leach Cambridge Conservation Initiative (CCI)

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