A new study finds that one in three slum dwellers is at risk of “disastrous” flooding, a risk that is set to grow as warming spurs more intense rainfall around the world.

As the United Nations prepares a 20-year plan to cope with the challenges of booming urbanization, residents of the world's five biggest slums are battling to carve out a place in the cities of ...

A slum is a residential area that completely lacks basic amenities needed for human survival like sanitation, potable water, electricity etc. As more cities adapt to urbanisation, one of the ...

In 2018, Belize had an urban population of 174,000. In the country, only 6,000 people lived in slums, which is the second-lowest absolute slum population in the world.

Study reveals high flood exposure risk for slum dwellers in Global South, urging equitable flood adaptation strategies.

AMERICUS, Ga. (AP) - Habitat for Humanity has built a Third World slum in its own back yard as a sort of theme park of poverty that it hopes will motivate visitors to contribute to efforts to ...

The world's most deprived slums -- in terms of access to basic services and adequate shelter -- are in sub-Saharan Africa, where 51 percent of the slum population lacks two or more of the ...

Budots, a genre of deliberately tacky dance music from the slums of the Philippines, is shaped by the noise, joy and violence of the streets. Take a listen.

During his remarks in a press briefing last month, President Trump celebrated his destruction of homeless encampments in Washington, D.C. Trump stated, "We're getting rid of the slums." ...

American entrepreneur and business owner Robert Kiyosaki said in an interview, "America is going to be the poorest country in the world, starting now." Kiyosaki, known for his book "Rich Dad Poor ...

Percentage of Urban Population living in Slums (2016): 94% South Sudan is currently home to the world’s largest slum population, with 94% of its urban population living in slum-like dwellings.