Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xix
5. ONE: FRAMING THE PROBLEM
6. 1 Cities and Humanitarian Influxes 1
7. 2 The Actors and the Numbers 20
8. 3 Informal Cities: How Cities Are Growing 37
9. TWO: SECONDARY CITIES: TRIPOLI, LEBANON
10. 4 How Refugees Get Stuck in Cities 53
11. 5 Lebanon: The Refugee Context 63
12. 6 Tripoli and the Changing City Landscape 74
13. 7 The Camp and the City 94
14. 8 Here Comes the Money 110
15. 9 Just Give Them Cash 125
16. 10 Trash Mountain 138
17. 11 The Smuggling Economy 153
18. THREE: GIANT CITIES: CAIRO, EGYPT
19. 12 Comparing the Experiences of Cairo and Tripoli 165
20. 13 Egypt: The Refugee Context 173
21. 14 Drops in the Bucket: Cairo’s Refugee Neighborhoods 189
22. 15 The Bus to 6th of October: The Desert Cities and UNHCR 205
23. 16 Refugee Entrepreneurs 220
24. 17 “Money Has Come”: Remittances and Informal Money Transfers 230
25. 18 Ard al-Lewa: Drinking, Women’s Work, and Social Cohesion 244
26. Epilogue: Strengthening Host Cities 261
27. Postscript: Update on Mahmoud and Hassan 271
28. Notes 273
29. Index 313