2024-05-05T06:00:20-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/127524458/mumbai-s-dharavi-slum-opportunities-challenges Alexander Walter 2015-05-18T14:45:00-04:00 >2024-01-23T15:01:08-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/d2/d25dc5739511aa7796381a8844da3e5c?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>The slum, of course, is the hottest button in urbanism. Beneath the clich&eacute; that half the world&rsquo;s population lives in cities &mdash; and that urban populations will double by 2050 &mdash; is the fact that only bottom-up informal settlements, or slums, can absorb several billion new residents in the timeframe. [...] URBZ is notable in that it offers a third way at looking at Dharavi &mdash; as both a failure and a better path to success than stillborn smart cities or other attempts at top-down instant urbanism.</p></em><br /><br /><p>Related:</p><ul><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/127175516/will-india-s-smart-city-initiative-exacerbate-social-stratification" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Will India's 'smart city' initiative exacerbate social stratification?</a></li><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/123737452/great-city-terrible-place-a-discussion-on-the-urban-future-of-india" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"Great City...Terrible Place": A discussion on the urban future of India</a></li></ul>