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 ...

The UNICEF WASH specialist noted that Nigeria’s sanitation crisis mirrors a broader regional trend in West and Central Africa ...

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

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 ...

There was a considerable trend of urban expansion onto hillsides from 2000 to 2020, which covered 11.65 million hectares globally. This expansion has destroyed 6.73 million hectares of natural ...