In the 30 years that Josephine Muthoni has lived in Nairobi's Mukuru slum, she has never had a steady supply of clean water.

A new website that records the lives and evictions of slum dwellers in the Indian city of Delhi will help address the chronic ...

Activists have voiced concerns about the negative impact the Unified Building Rules will have on environment and urban ...

An international study on container-based sanitation (CBS) systems has found that this portable toilet option significantly improves the quality of life for people living in urban slums in Kenya, Peru ...

An international study on container-based sanitation (CBS) systems has found that this portable toilet option significantly improves the quality of life for people living in urban slums in Kenya, Peru ...

KIBERA, Kenya -- Dotting the roadside in what is widely considered Africa's largest urban slum are typical stands selling vegetables. What isn't typical is their acceptance of bitcoin as a form of ...

Chicago’s Robert Taylor Homes being demolished in 2007. As high-rise public housing was removed, it was promised that displaced residents would eventually be allowed back into their communities in new ...

While health challenges loom in all urban settings, the worst health outcomes are often concentrated in slums and informal ...

Surgical Accredited & Trained Healthcare Initiative (SATHI) programme, a pioneering healthcare model, has emerged as a game-changer ...

BMC demolished 42 slum structures in Andheri to build a key bridge, easing traffic but leaving many families homeless amid ...