How do slums form in cities?

To answer this, I'll use the example of Mumbai in India, the city with one of the largest populations of slum dwellers anywhere in the world, making up over 50% of the city's 20m+ population. read more

In conclusion, slums form when there is a rapid need for housing and the rate of a city's population growth is so fast that authorities can't keep up and often give up trying. Once this population growth stabilises and building regulations are enforced, slums begin to disappear. read more

Dharavi is a slum ward located in the suburbs of India's most populated city of Mumbai. Unlike many urban slums, residents are typically employed and work for extremely small wages in the recycling industry that Dharavi is known for. read more

Over time, the cities became wealth generators because they were cities with masses of people. They became cities because people kept moving to the cities, building housing and living there. Slums and favelas are just the fast forwarded version of that with the very intensive urbanization that we've seen in the past century. read more