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City planners should be wary of any predictions that downplay the unknowability of the future by projecting present conditions onto it.

November 5, 2015 - Thriving Cities Blog

New Study Changes the Narrative on Slums

Researchers are building a more complete archive of life in slums, home to one-third of the urban population of developing countries. A new study from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) rejects assumptions about the benefits of slums.

February 10, 2014 - The Economist

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