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" ...

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 : ...

Jose Castillo, an urban planner and architect in Mexico City, says that Ciudad Neza, home to 1.2 million people, should serve as a model for other blighted urban areas and slums.

Despite urbanization’s link to rising incomes, about one-third of those residing in urban areas live in "slum households." Anthropologist James Holston , in his " Insurgent Citizenship in an Era of ...

The New Slum Dwellers Brian Cook April 12, 2006. Mike Davis Share. Tweet. Copy Link. Email Print. Published in May 2006. It’s tempting to call Mike Davis, a history professor at University ...

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 ...

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 Jharkhand government has renamed Atal Mohalla Clinics as Mother Teresa Advanced Health Clinics. The rebranding was decided at a state cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Hemant Soren. The ...