Stories tagged Slums

Informal Settlers Get Into the Big Data Business

World Urban Forum 9, Day Six: Slum-Dwellers Improvise Solutions

Local Guides Want Rio Favela Tours to Be Truly Insider

Evicting the Residents of 555

Indian Police Allegedly Beat Up a City Councilor Over Slum Redevelopment

This Neighborhood Needed a Basic Sewage System – It Got a Gondola Instead

The Many Legitimate Reasons Slum-Dwellers Don’t Evacuate Before Storms

The Funniest Jokes About Racism, Poverty and HIV

Durban Moves Its Slum-Dwellers Into Converted Office Buildings

India Is Creating a “Slum Index” to Keep Track of Its Informal Settlements

Durban Loses a Third of Its Drinking Water Before It Reaches Its Destination

Durban’s Emergency Operations Center Tries to Manage a Housing Crisis

SLIDESHOW: Makeshift Cities Around the World

Photos: Jakarta, the Sinking Megacity

Expecting to Boom to 10 Million People, Yangon Plans for Its Infrastructural Future

Manila is a Hotbed of Progressive Housing Solutions