The Telegraph Online had earlier reported on the people living for seven decades on the sixth floor roof of Karnani Estate on ...

Researchers at the National Taiwan University have proposed to use rooftop solar power generation as an antidote to the so-called rooftop slum, which consists of building illegal housing on the ...

However, an innovative rooftop sports facility known as 'Cover ... Cover Drive' is seen as a positive development for the slum dwellers. Local players appreciate the space, even though many ...

The initiative, covering 400 households, is part of a global scientific trial exploring the impact of indoor heat on health ...

In the informal settlements of India’s western Gujarat state, hundreds of roofs have been painted in a reflective, white ...

Starting off with the roofs of 300 houses, the mammoth 7,000 rooftop slum was transformed into a vibrant synthesis of local stories. It eventually became the pride of the slum dwellers ...

By 2007, it became home to 3,000 people who left their shanties in the ill-reputed Petare slum of east Caracas and moved into the half-constructed high-rise with large rooms, balconies. Picture by: ...

With the help of Unita Subbdivisa, a pressure group for housing problems, junior reporter Veronica Lin visited rooftop slums and subdivided apartments, while Clara Chan learned about the ...