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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

On World Cities Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) calls on national and city leaders to transform urban areas into ...

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 ...

Union Minister Piyush Goyal has urged real estate developers to focus on affordable rental housing projects to curb the rise of urban slums. Speaking at CREDAI's 25th foundation day, he emphasized the ...

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