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Hanoi: is it possible to grow a city without slums?

United Kingdom Architecture News - Aug 13, 2014 - 13:34   2716 views

Hanoi: is it possible to grow a city without slums?

Hanoi can feel like a series of villages that have melded together, stitched by honking, careening streets into a single unit. Photograph: Prisma Bildagentur/Alamy

A policy of legalising unplanned structures if they meet minimum standards means new arrivals to the Vietnamese capital can build homes without official permission, and get basic services...Continue Reading

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