This course aims at supporting policy makers and urban practitioners to better respond to the challenge of slums. The course focuses on the conceptual and operational aspects of designing, ...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has vowed to eradicate slum dwellings. The government has a programme to build 20 million affordable homes in urban areas by 2020. In the meantime ...

Urban slums: though the share of the urban population living in slums is declining, the absolute number of slum dwellers continues to rise, with some 828 million people living in slums today.