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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Strange as it may seem, teeming slums could be the model for the cities of the future, said Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow. Not to minimize the despair in wretched shantytowns and squatter communities in such ...

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 ...

Forget about Utopia or even the dystopian Los Angeles depicted in Blade Runner. The future of the city is a vast Third World slum. This year, the world will pass a milestone so profoundly significant ...

The Jakarta administration, under the leadership of Governor Pramono, is aiming to upgrade all low-income neighborhoods and ...