Planet of Slums

With an estimated one billion people living in slums, they are becoming the dominant urban form. In his new book Planet of Slums Mike Davis analyses the implications for the future shape of society. John Bartholomew provides a review in the Telegraph:
www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2006/05/07/bodav30.xml

There is also an interesting two-part interview with Mike Davis on BLDG BLOG:
Part 1:
http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/2006/05/interview-with-mike-davis-part-1.html
Part 2:
http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/2006/05/interview-with-mike-davis-part-2.html