Cities and Urbanization

These $139,000 stackable homes can be built in under three weeks

Windows of residential buildings are pictured in south Mumbai January 22, 2015. The cost for buying a residential apartment in Mumbai close to the city centre ranges from 12,000 Indian rupees ($ 200) per square feet to 112,552 Indian rupees ($ 1800) per square feet. REUTERS/Danish SiddiquiPICTURE 16 OF 22 FOR WIDER IMAGE STORY "RENTING IN MUMBAI PER SQUARE FOOT"SEARCH "RENTING SIDDIQUI" FOR ALL IMAGES

After renovating a dumpster and living in it for a year, a Harvard researchers stackable homes. Image: REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui

Leanna Garfield
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