Today one quarter of the world's city dwellers live in slums - and they are there to stay. The U.N.'s 193 member states are set to adopt the first detailed road map to guide the growth of cities, ...

Kibera slum, near the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, is at a considerable distance from the Indian city of Mumbai, where the World Social Forum (WSF) is scheduled to begin in just two days. Nonetheless, the ...

Newswise — The University of Warwick is to receive more than £5million to find better ways of delivering healthcare to some of the world’s poorest people. The National Institute of Health Research’s ...

About 50% of India’s more than 33000 cases of Covid-19 are located in essentially 12 major cities like Mumbai, Thane, New Delhi, Ahmedabad, Indore, Bhopal, Pune, Jaipur, Hyderabad, Chennai, Surat and ...

Despite global efforts to improve housing and reduce urban poverty, slums remain a defining feature of many fast-growing cities in the developing world. ・Slums persist as a major issue in many ...