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Dr. David Satterthwaite

David SatterthwaiteEmail id : David at iied dot org

Dr. David Satterthwaite is a senior advisor for the Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore – India’s first prospective National Innovation University addressing the challenges of urbanisation through an integrated programme of education, research, consulting and advisory services.


Education:

  • Ph.D, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
  • Diploma, Urban Planning, Development Planning Unit, University College London, U.K.
  • B.A.(Hons), Bristol University, U.K., History, History of Art, Archaeology and Ancient History

Career Highlights

Dr. David Satterthwaite is a senior fellow at the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED). He is also a visiting professor at the University College London.

Dr.Satterthwaite was the lead author (third assessment) and review editor (fourth assessment) of the chapter on Human Settlements of the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change from 1999-2007. He was a member of the scoping team and the coordinating lead author for the fifth assessment in 2009.

Dr.Satterthwaite has been a member of the US National Academy of Science on ‘Panel on Urban Population Dynamics’ (2000-2002). He has also been a member of the UN Millennium Project Taskforce on ‘Improving the Lives of Slum Dwellers’ (2003-2006).

Awards & Recognitions

  • Recipient of the 2004 Volvo Environment Prize.
  • Part of the IPCC team that was co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, 2007.
  • Honorary Professor, University of Hull.

Areas of interest

Dr. Satterthwaite’s interests lie in urbanisation, reducing urban poverty and climate change adaptation.

Publications

Books

  • Adapting Cities to Climate Change: Understanding and Addressing the Development Challenge (editor and co-author of two chapters with Jane Bicknell and David Dodman), Earthscan Publications, London, 2009.
  • Meeting Development Goals in Small Urban Centres; Water and Sanitation in the World’s Cities (editor and principal author, prepared for UN Habitat), Earthscan Publications, London, 2006.
  • Reducing Poverty and Sustaining the Environment; the Politics of Local Engagement (co-editor and co-author of two chapters with Stephen Bass, Hannah Reid and Paul Steele), Earthscan Publications, London, 2005.
  • How to Make Poverty History: The central role of local organizations in meeting the MDGs (co-editor with Tom Bigg and author of two chapters), IIED, London, 2005.
  • Empowering Squatter Citizen; Local Government, Civil Society and Urban Poverty Reduction (co-editor and co-author of three chapters with Diana Mitlin), Earthscan Publications, London, 2004.
  • Water and Sanitation in the World’s Cities: Local Action for Global Goals (co-authored with Gordon McGranahan), UN Habitat and Earthscan, London, 2003.
  • Environmental Problems in an Urbanizing World: Finding Local Solution for Cities in Africa, Asia and Latin America (with Jorge E. Hardoy and Diana Mitlin), Earthscan Publications, London, 2001 (reprinted in 2003, 2004 and 2006).
  • The Earthscan Reader on Sustainable Cities (editor), Earthscan Publications, London, 1999 (with reprints in later years).

    • Recent papers in journals

  • “How urban societies can adapt to resource shortage and climate change”, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, Vol. 369, 2011, pages 1762-1783.
  • “Why is urban health so poor even in many successful cities?”, Environment and Urbanization, Vol. 23, No. 1, 2011, pages 5-11.
  • “Why is community action needed for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation?, Environment and Urbanization, Vol. 23, No. 2, 2011, pages 339-349.
  • “Recognising the potential of cities” (with Diana Mitlin), British Medical Journal, 2011, Vol 343, d7979.
  • “Urbanization and its implications for food and farming” (with Gordon McGranahan and Cecilia Tacoli) Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, Vol. 365, No. 1554, 2010, pages 2809-2820.
  • “Slum upgrading”, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol XLV No 10. March 6th, 2010, pages 12-16.
  • “The implications of population growth and urbanization for climate change”, Environment and Urbanization
    Vol 21, No 2, 2009, pages 545-567.
  • “A culpa é das megacidades?” Exame, Issue 4, October 2009, pages 122-125.
  • “The social and political basis for citizen action on urban poverty reduction”, Environment and Urbanization
    Vol 20, No 2, 2008, pages 307-318.
  • “Cities’ contribution to global warming; notes on the allocation of greenhouse gas emissions”, Environment and Urbanization Vol 20, No 2, 2008, pages 539-550.
  • “The urban challenge 20 years after Our Common Future”, Environment, Vol 49, No 9, November 2007.
  • “Strategies for grassroots control of international aid” (with Diana Mitlin), Environment and Urbanization Vol 19, No 2, 2007, pages 483-500.
  • “Meeting the MDGs in urban areas; the forgotten role of local organizations”, Journal of International Affairs
    Vol 58, No 2, Spring 2005, pages 87-112.
  • “Urban centers: an assessment of sustainability” (with Gordon McGranahan), Annual Review of Environment and Resources Vol 28, 2003, pages 243-274.