Sadr City, at one point named Saddam City, the Eastern quadrant of Baghdad, has grown to grotesque proportions — two million poor people, mainly Shia. And it’s still growing, as are Sunni slums by the ...

Projects covering 2,751 acres of land—an area larger than the Mumbai Port Authority’s (MbPA) total land bank (2,333 acres) ...

Argentine President Javier Milei leaves the Holocaust museum after attending an event marking the International Day in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Jan. 26, 2024 ...

On August 19, 2011, ANISUMA Sony, Kenya’s official dealer for the Japanese electronics manufacturer, opened the country’s second Sony showroom in Nairobi’s upscale Junction Mall. Journalists heralded ...

We study the fragility and resilience of such cities and their urban peripheries, with the aim of encouraging data-driven policy decisions. Given its deadly trajectory in marginalized communities of ...

This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. Just off the highway in Malad East is a neighborhood indistinct ...

BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Containing coronavirus hotspots in sprawling city slums has been made harder by a dearth of reliable data, urban experts said on Wednesday, calling for more ...

Having ravaged some of the world’s wealthiest cities, the coronavirus pandemic is now spreading into the megacities of developing countries. Sprawling urban areas in Brazil, Nigeria and Bangladesh are ...