Each year, the first Monday of October marks World Habitat Day, which aims to reflect on the state of towns and cities, and on the right of all to adequate shelter. The share of people living in urban ...

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

In this article, we take a look at the 20 countries with the lowest slum population in the world. If you would like to skip our detailed analysis of slum populations, you can directly go to 5 ...

Proportion of Urban Population Living in Slums (2018): 14.4% Most of the slum dwellers in Romania belong to the Roma population, with many of them burning trash for a living. 14.4% of the country’s ...

Slum women in Khulna city are becoming self-reliant through technical and vocational training programs, enabling them to overcome social barriers, start businesses, and contribute to their families' ...

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 ...