Global South
Arts & Culture
“Imagining hell is a privilege”
What non-Western science fiction can teach us about real-world inequity
Environment
Informal settlements are where cities are made
Far from the superficial notion of ‘slums’, informal settlements shape urban development across most of the world’s cities
Politics & Society
Book extract
The COVID cost for Asia’s informal workers
A new book investigates the ravages of the COVID-19 impact on people in the informal economy across Southeast and South Asia
Environment
Planning a sense of place
An informal settlement in Iran provides an insight into the politics of place in our cities for the most marginalised people
Politics & Society
Seeing the invisible vulnerable in our cities
The Global South’s urban poor are often violently displaced and excluded from the processes and places which determine their lives
Environment
Building resilience in remote communities
Noronha is a remote archipelago off Brazil’s coast, but it could provide insights into the challenges to building community and urban resilience