An estimated 83% of the United States population lives in urban areas, up from 64% in 1950. And experts predict by 2050, 89% of Americans and 68% of the world population will reside in urban areas.

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Three years ago an inquisitive American tourist wandered into a waterfront slum in Mumbai and met a tiny, smiley girl. Maleesha Kharwa is now 15, still tiny, and with the same ...

Small homes, funded by a charity and designed by a leading architect, have helped residents brave a surge of the coronavirus pandemic in the Klong Toey slum in Bangkok, Thailand. [Reuters] Flimsy ...

Mumbai: Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Monday announced the "Hinduh Rudaysamrat Balasaheb Thackeray Urban Welfare ...

New Delhi: Chief minister Rekha Gupta on Friday said Delhi govt is considering studying Mumbai's Dharavi model for slum redevelopment in the national capital. Gupta also claimed that some people were ...