This paper examines urbanization trends, the growth of Colombo and its present state of development. It looks at the approaches to the planned interventions in the city and demonstrates how a uni-directional urban development has had a detrimental impact upon healthy growth and quality of life in a city where half of the population still live in slums and shanties. It shows that the city has be...

This paper examines the determinants of family planning service use and the barriers in accessing family planning services among urban poor women in Pakistan. Data were collected from a household survey of 5338 married women of reproductive age (15-45) from slum areas of six cities. The use of family planning services by women in urban slums is strongly linked to individual and household socioe...

Tourism has been in the spotlight recently, especially urban slum areas. Many studies have reviewed However, transforming slums into creative tourism villages or kampungs is a new phenomenon that emerged Indonesia. Creative kampung, particular, form of changes area tourist destination. This study aims to explore extent kampung's sustainability and role stakeholders ensuring this village. employ...