Topic: Slums
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The Potential Perils of Rapid-Fire Urbanization
Former Barcelona mayor Joan Clos warns that a lack of urban planning could turn our expanding cities into powder kegs.
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Photos
Can Floating Architecture Save This Nigerian Slum?
Architects NLE are putting the finishing touches on a three-story, 2,300-square-foot floating school for 100 students in Lagos.
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China Expert: China Is Fast Approaching Urban Disaster
"We're creating a huge urban underclass of people who can’t function in the society."
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UNICEF Wants Us to Talk About Urban Inequality
An online forum invites insight from the people who work on the ground in the world’s biggest and most dysfunctional cities.
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Videos
A 70-Year-Old Documentary About Cities Shows We Haven't Come Very Far
The walkable, bikable suburb of the "future" looks an awful lot like the smart growth ideas of today.
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Why Are Londoners Building Slums in Their Backyards?
Quasi-legal buildings are popping up for rent all over the city, and officials are doing little to regulate these Dickensian dwellings.
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Photos
Demolitions Return to Waterfront Lagos Slum
Stilted homes over the water are being taken down by the government, leaving thousands homeless.
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A Community Demolished With Just 5 Days Warning
An upgrading effort in Kenya's slum leaves thousands homeless
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Unconventional Public Transit Project of the Day
An urban escalator opens in hilly Medellin slum
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The Challenge of Replacing Organized Crime with Governance
Governments are struggling to move into gang-dominated slums in the cities of Latin America
