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Introduction
The Syria Crisis exercise is part of a series of case studies explored within the context of the project Adapting to an Urban World. This project was developed to address an identified gap in urban assessment tools. The aim of the project is to develop assessment guidance and tools specifically designed for use in urban contexts. In order to achieve this objective, the project will examine a number of different urban contexts with food insecure populations. These contexts will differ to ensure the spectrum of different factors affecting urban food insecurity are included. It is intended that this will include rapid on-set emergencies, chronic food insecurity, urban refugees, urban slums among others.
The first case study/pilot assessment was conducted in Harare, Zimbabwe in November 2014; it included qualitative primary data collection and field-testing of newly developed tools. For the second case study it was decided, in agreement with the Steering Committee of the Adapting to an Urban World project, to focus on Syrian refugees in urban settings in both Jordan and Lebanon through a secondary data analysis and without including a primary data collection exercise.