BOGOTA, Aug 17 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Latin America's booming urban slums look set to continue their rapid expansion as government housing policies fail to tackle an explosion in informal ...

We live in an urban century. Already more than 50% of the global population lives in urban areas. The United Nations estimates that by 2030 five billion of the world’s population of eight billion will ...

Young people studying in the library in the Kibera slum, the largest slum in the Kenyan capital Nairobi. The community ...

Paul Osmond receives funding from the Cooperative Research Centre for Low Carbon Living, where he is a project lead on microclimates. As Australian cities grow and transform, we need to ensure we are ...

The number of people living in the world's urban slums is rising -- but the number of city dwellers who don't live in slums is rising even faster. Check out this graphic from the Economist. It shows ...

A woman drinks from a safe water supply system at Tetultola Slum, Tongi, Gazipur, Bangladesh. Credit: Sakib Imtiaz Subscribe for ads-free reading “If there is money, there is water. No money, no water ...

Peter Joseph says he does his best to keep his family safe during the coronavirus pandemic. They all wear masks. They use hand sanitizer when they can find a supply – it's in short supply across the ...

The Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena released its manifesto for Thane civic polls, pledging a slum-free city and a 260-metre ...

Government-enforced social isolation can be devastating for the nearly 1 billion people around the globe currently dwelling in urban slums, where physical space is scarce and many rely on daily wage ...