Close to 900 million people across the Global South live in densely packed urban slums, which often sit in floodplains. A new study finds that one in three slum dwellers is at risk of "disastrous" ...

Housing reflects the inequalities shaping people’s daily lives. It signals who has access to stability, security and ...

Declan Rowlands, a travel influencer, shared a video from a gym at a luxury hotel in Chennai with a striking view overlooking ...

A homeless encampment is seen on July 11, 2023, in Phoenix. An estimated 89% of Americans will live in urban areas by 2050, adding to the potential for a growing slum economy across the United States.

The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) adopted such a policy way back in 2007, but has since failed to attract private ...

The village head has lent his office space for a screening camp under the Delhi government’s TB programme for free for a ...

Slum Health: Arresting COVID-19 and Improving Well-Being in Urban Informal Settlements. Journal of Urban Health , 2020; DOI: 10.1007/s11524-020-00438-6 Cite This Page : ...

Gautam Adani, the second richest person in Asia, is looking to redevelop one of Mumbai’s biggest slums for more than $11 ...

Together, these ten countries account for over 550 million slum dwellers, more than two-thirds of the global total. India alone is home to around 262 million, underscoring the scale of its urban ...

A study conducted in an urban slum setting in Salvador, Brazil has found that open sewers, accumulations of refuse, and inadequate floodwater drainage are acting as sources for transmission of the ...

Government-enforced social isolation may help relatively affluent populations limit the spread of COVID-19, but these measures can be devasting for the nearly 1 billion people around the globe ...