slums

In a small, crowded tenement in the slums of India's Pune city, Shailaja Paik grew up, surrounded by alleys strewn with garbage and battling the daily challenges of limited water and no private toilet.

People are walking from some of the slums around the city.

The city’s 6,400-odd slums, home to more than a million households, lack adequate cooling and face seasonal livelihood crises.

Remaking Public Housing: With a focus on affordability, community, convenience and light, the architect Liu Thai Ker replaced Singapore’s squalid slums with spacious high-rises.

In major cities, five-star hotels boasting sumptuous spas look down on teeming slums that lack plumbing.