Building a Slum in the Middle of the Ocean is the Future - Seasteader. Posted: January 11, 2025 | Last updated: March 6, ...

The sprawling slum of Makoko — an old fishing village — was perfect to illustrate that because it has for many years shown resilience in the face of climate change, often finding ways to adapt ...

News; Nostalgia; Nostalgia 'Slum by the sea' beach holiday loved by Mancunians where people lived in rusty old buses Described as a 'slum by the sea' the coastal park consisted of makeshift shacks ...

Isla Puting Bato sits in the district of Tondo, which is Manila’s largest slum area home to roughly 654,220 people. Many live in shabby shacks across densely packed streets near a busy ...

Most residents of Nairobi’s slums live in extreme poverty, meaning they exist on just a couple of dollars a day. With such meager earnings, the increasing cost of living in recent years has made life ...

Mumbai’s 200-year-old Miracle Cross in Nargis Dutt Nagar faces a demolition threat under a slum redevelopment plan. Locals ...

If you're going to risk dying [in the sea], you want [the chance at] a better life," said the 20-year-old. Moustique, 24 years old, was born and raised in Mayotte. On April 30, 2023, in Vahibé ...

Dubbed the Venice of Africa, the Makoko slum is a low-lying community vulnerable to rising sea levels and flooding. Lagos itself is no stranger to the impacts of climate change, with roads and ...

MAKOKO, Nigeria (AP) — Several canoes paddle toward Makoko, a vast floating slum built on stilts in the lagoon at one end of Nigeria’s economic hub of Lagos.