Informal settlements & slums

Bridging critical knowledge and action gaps in urban health: A call for transdisciplinary approaches in urban studies in the era of global population aging and climate change

Spatiotemporal dynamics of informal settlements across argentine cities: A national-scale analysis

Unveiling episodes of everyday informal politics in internationally funded slum upgrading programs

Beyond the Mega-City Narrative in Urban Informality: Informality and Water Precarity in Jaipur, India

From diagnosis to action: A phased in-situ upgrade framework for informal settlements in Taiz, Yemen

World Cities Report 2026: The Global Housing Crisis – Pathways to Action

UN-Habitat's flagship biennial report, launched at the 13th World Urban Forum in Baku, is devoted to the worldwide housing crisis and how planning, governance and finance can respond.