A recently-published study to estimate “child food poverty” among children aged between 2 and 5 in urban slums found that ...

Once security is established, the territory must be mapped out to accommodate living circumstances that give Gazans hope.

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 ...

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

Malaysia’s Housing Minister YB Nga Kor Ming has been elected President of the UN-Habitat Assembly for 2025–2027. The first ...

As India's economy takes impressive strides, its urban slum population is also registering an alarming rate of growth and will cross 100 million by 2017 from the estimated 75.2 million in 2001. As ...

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 ...

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 ...

A group of Nubian women in Kenya’s largest informal settlement is using hydroponics and circular gardening to revive ...

The Maharashtra Cabinet has approved a scheme for the redevelopment of slum clusters in Mumbai, aimed at improving living conditions and urban infrastructure. The decision is expected to boost ...