The standard policy response to slums — relocate people, bulldoze the settlement, and build public housing elsewhere — is older than the slums themselves. It has never worked. The logic seems ...

Slums now occupy nearly 24% of Mumbai’s land and house more than half of its population, according to findings by the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA). Mumbai real estate update: Slums now occupy ...

Mumbai: Even as successive governments have promised a “slum-free Mumbai,” the encroached area in the city has grown by 68% between 2011 and 2025, according to satellite-based estimates by the Slum ...

Ever since Mbarara attained city status in July 2020, there has been an influx of people driven by the desire to attract opportunities for trade and long-term residence. However, rapid urban ...

A massive fire broke out at a slum cluster in Lucknow's Vikas Nagar area on Wednesday evening, destroying more than two dozen huts and triggering panic among residents. The blaze reportedly started in ...

Urban development projects often promise to give communities a voice — but how genuine is that participation? Gideon Abagna Azunre, PhD candidate in the Department of Geography, Planning and ...

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Human settlements are the foundation of human existence, shaping how we live, work, and connect with each other and the environment. From the earliest tribal encampments to the bustling metropolises ...

Slums persist not because they are desirable, but because they are necessary. The task for policymakers is not to eliminate slums by diktat, but rather to make them obsolete over time by promoting the ...

Iyer, Lakshmi, John D. Macomber, and Namrata Arora. "Dharavi: Developing Asia's Largest Slum (A)." Harvard Business School Case 710-004, July 2009. (Revised June 2011.) ...