About a sixth of the world's population — nearly 1 billion people — live in slums, and that number could double by 2030 if developed nations don't reverse course and start giving the issue serious ...

The slums of Manila, the capital of the Philippines, are among the most densely populated places on the planet: By some estimates, in some neighborhoods, more than 200,000 people live in a single ...

In a guest blog post, Indian journalist Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar argues that, contrary to their reputation for squalor and crime, slums provide a critical low-cost way for the rural poor to ...

Ahmed Dangiwa, minister of housing and urban development, says the federal government is addressing Nigeria’s housing deficit through a structured urban renewal and slum-upgrade intervention.

Sprawling urban areas in Brazil, Nigeria and Bangladesh are all seeing COVID-19 infections rise rapidly. Yet, our research finds, many residents of slums and squatter settlements are not getting the ...

A project aiming to provide flexible floating city spaces in wet slums has won the 2012 Architecture & Sea Level Rise award. The floating urban structures are called City Apps and can plug gaps in a ...

This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. Instead of seriously considering these generation-shaping ...

Margarita Garcia has two problems: Too much water — and not enough water. And often at the same time. On a hot summer day in March, she headed home from her cleaning job and found that her street was ...

A cable car hovers over Complexo do Alemao slum in Rio de Janeiro. Cable car transit systems have become increasingly popular in South America, especially in hillside slums. Reuters In the barrios and ...

The slums of Mumbai are home to millions of people, but regarded as eyesores in India's glitziest city. However, one woman is slowly transforming the city's waterfront slums into giant works of art.

Pakistan is now seeing the beginning of the third wave of Covid-19 with the number of new cases trending upwards. While the government is taking measures to control the spread of virus, the question ...