3 Sep 2014:
Though Ulaanbaatar’s sprawling informal ‘ger district’ lacks access to drinking water and sewerage, officials may struggle to coax residents to swap canvas for bricks and mortar
22 Aug 2014:
At the end of her journey to trace the life of a typical flip-flop – from oilfield to factory to street to trash – Caroline Knowles was confronted with the Ethiopian capital’s largest landfill site …
11 Aug 2014:
A policy of legalising unplanned structures if they meet minimum standards means new arrivals to the Vietnamese capital can build homes without official permission, and get basic services
23 Jul 2014:
The Hemakcheat was once one of Cambodia’s most beloved cinemas and Meas Sopheap one of its brightest stars. Today it is a notorious slum, and Meas one of hundreds who shelter there
14 Jul 2014:
Guryong offers a shocking contrast to life in the rest of Seoul’s gleaming Gangnam district. A billion-dollar redevelopment plan has sparked fierce debate over what will become of its residents
4 Jul 2014:
‘You can find anything in the world at Marché Colobane,’ goes the saying. For a small group of Senegalese artists that includes fame, a villa and travel
Pune has give an army of mostly Dalit ('untouchable') women the sole rights to collect and recycle the city's mountains of trash, writes Carlin Carr in Mumbai
12 Jun 2014:
'Jockin-sir', as Mumbai's slum dwellers call him, is an inspirational figure helping India's dispossessed stand up for their rights, find new homes, and plot a way out of urban poverty
5 May 2014:
From Buenos Aires to Beersheba, Kiev to Kabul, gated communities are springing up in unprecedented numbers across the globe to keep cities' wealthier residents apart from the rest
30 Apr 2014:
The South African city is World Design Capital, yet residents of its Khayelitsha township live in appallingly cramped, unhygienic conditions. The need for long-promised urban reform is urgent