Some of Fiji's urban slums are to feature in a pilot project which will test new techniques for providing clean water and decent sanitation. The consortium behind the scheme has been awarded 14 ...

Urban slums in Indonesia and Fiji will be re-designed, in a $14 million dollar project, led by Australian researchers. The work will focus on improving sanitation across more than 20 communities.

The growing numbers of slums around cities is creating serious health and environmental problems. Rebekah Brown of Monash University discusses how better water management is a sustainable solution ...

A global charitable foundation has awarded an AUD $14 million grant to an international research consortium led by Monash University. In one of only four such successes selected from over 600 ...

MUMBAI—In this land-starved financial capital of India, where millions live in slums, a developer late last year started razing two-story brick shanties and tin-shelters near Dhobi Ghat, the ...

The slums of Manila, the capital of the Philippines, are among the most densely populated places on the planet: By some estimates, in some neighborhoods, more than 200,000 people live in a single ...

Slums in India are bucking the coronavirus uptick thanks to “herd immunity,” according to a new study. About 57 percent of the nearly 7,000 people surveyed in the crowded slums of Mumba… ...

The slums are prone to fires that can be calamitous. According to Reuters , there have been 2,200 fires in Manila this year, and most have ignited in the city’s slums.

The two infrastructure projects will upgrade 24 settlements in Fiji and Indonesia, chosen because they represent typical challenges to providing water management in the Asia-Pacific region. The new ...

About one billion people around the world live in slums, the BBC reports. About 2% of slum dwellers worldwide can be found in the Philippines, an island nation. Bernhard Lang ...

These water-sensitive urban pilot designs will be rolled out in at least 12 of the poorest slums covering over 2,000 households in one city each in Fiji and Indonesia. Drawing on systems already ...

These water-sensitive urban pilot designs will be rolled out in at least 12 of the poorest slums covering over 2,000 households in one city each in Fiji and Indonesia. Drawing on systems already ...