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Understanding the Tipping Point of Urban Conflict: Violence, Cities, and Poverty Reduction in the Developing World
Urban violence is an increasingly significant but much misunderstood global phenomenon.
The Urban Tipping Point project seeks to understand how, why, and under what circumstances the conflict inherent to city living can tip over into generalised violence, focusing in particular on the role played by factors such as poverty, youth, political exclusion, and gender-based insecurity.
The project brings together researchers from North and South, and will seek to promote innovative policy initiatives aiming to break strategic linkages within urban violence chains.
The project is funded by an award from the ESRC/DFID Joint Scheme for Research on International Development (Poverty Alleviation).
Project Output
For publications, including working papers and policy briefs, go to the research output section.
For details of forthcoming events go to the news and events section.
For all project dissemination resources, including local and global dissemination events, see the dissemination section.
For media coverage of the project, as well as films, podcasts and interviews go to the multimedia section.
For images of fieldwork and the four research cities see the photo gallery.
Project Concept
Latest News and Events
UTP project in the media
Members of the research team have been interviewed in local print and broadcast media while disseminating the project findings in each of the four research cities. See the multimedia section for links to the articles and programmes.
Policy Briefs published
Policy recommendations for Nairobi and Patna were published in March 2012 with more to follow soon. To download all the policy briefs go to the project publications page.
Project dissemination events commence
Research findings and policy recommendations are being presented via a series of events in the four research cities during February - April 2012. See the new dissemination section for further details of local and global dissemination events and resources.
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