Over MIT’s extended winter break, I received a grant to travel to Fiji to research the informal sector, or slums, in and around Suva. The United Nations Estimates that by 2030, 69% of Fiji’s population will live in the informal/slum housing, compared to 35% in 1970 (UN 2004). Senior officials that I interviewed in the MinistryContinue reading “Fiji’s slums: Environmental risk and opportunities for resilience”