Residents of an informal settlement in India’s Ahmedabad city work on painting their home with sun-reflective white paint. (Photo courtesy Mahila Housing Trust) This is your first of three free ...

Until recently, Vikas Gawali lived in a one-room shack with his wife, two daughters, his mother, his older brother and sister-in-law, their children, and another brother—12 people in a single room.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. STORY: For the residents of this informal settlement in India's Gujarat, tackling extreme heat could be as simple as a lick of ...

Anacláudia Rossbach, executive director of UN-Habitat discusses the plans, investments, and systemic changes needed to address the critical urban challenges in the world ...

According to the national Census held in 2011 in India, metropolitan Kolkata is home to over 14 million people.

Vanesa Castán Broto receives funding from the European Research Council (ERC), the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF), the Economic and Social Research Fund (ESRC), the Leverhulme Trust, the ...

The magic of Indian architecture lies in an invisible order amidst visceral chaos. When an uncertain future knocks on the doors of local practitioners, one might begin to look within the four walls ...

Over the years, both central and state governments have launched multiple programmes and policies to facilitate slum redevelopment in India. This has often taken place through two methods, either ...

Emma Ramsay received funding from the Australian Government Research Training Program and Monash University. This research was conducted as part of the Revitalising Informal Settlements and their ...