A man walks along a set of railroad tracks that pass an older neighbourhood dwarfed by new high rise tower blocks.

A half demolished building stands in Xi Cun, an old neighbourhood slated for demolition and redevelopment.

Groundskeepers maintain the greenery near Canton Tower in downtown Guangzhou.

A boy stands in the alley of an older neighbourhood as construction of an sky scraper can be seen in the distance.

Groundskeepers maintain the greenery near Canton Tower in downtown Guangzhou.

A groundskeeper pulls a cart loads with building materials near the Canton Tower.

A labourer pulls a cart of sand under a bridge on the Peral River embankment in downtown Guangzhou.

A labourer pulls a cart of sand under a bridge on the Peral River embankment in downtown Guangzhou.

Groundskeeper maintains the greenery near Canton Tower in downtown Guangzhou.

Groundskeepers maintain the greenery near Canton Tower in downtown Guangzhou.

Begging in Kiev under an advert for the launch issue of one of the many new glossy magazines being published in Ukraine. Since independence the living standards of some of the population has improved,...

A decrepit two storey wooden apartment building that still houses families despite its poor condition and lack of facilities. It stands beside a newly built modern housing estate.

Old low rise housing and new high rise residential apartment blocks.

A low rise Malay kampung (traditional housing compound) area next to a highway and a commercial construction site.

A couple tend their garden in a low rise Malay kampung (traditional housing compound) area overlooked by a highway and a commercial construction site.

A low rise Malay village area overlooked by a highway and a commercial construction site.

Children play in a low rise Malay kampung (traditional housing compound) area overlooked by a highway and a commercial construction site.

Major banks loom above the Masjid Jamek.

Major banks loom above the Masjid Jamek.

A tuk tuk on the street beside a huge new shopping centre.

A child plays in the street in Sulukule in the Fatih district. Sulukule, a historic Roma district, has been razed after it was declared an 'Urban Transformation Zone' by the municipality and new luxur...

Roma children playing among rubble in a street in Sulukule in the Fatih district. Sulukule, a historic Roma district, has been razed after it was declared an 'Urban Transformation Zone' by the municip...

The exterior facades of modern and older office blocks in The City of London.

The Walkie-Talkie building (20 Fenchurch Street) blocking the sky at the end of Lombard Street in The City of London.

'Beehive' houses in the Kurdish village of Tatik, near Kobani (Ayn Al-Arab in Arabic), near the Turkish border.

A goat wanders along a street strewn with rubbish and lined with dirty low rise buildings while in the background the steel and glass IL&FS Financial Centre and Deutsche Bank buildings in Bandra East...

A woman walks along a street strewn with rubbish and lined with dirty low rise buildings while in the background the steel and glass IL&FS Financial Centre and Deutsche Bank buildings in Bandra East s...

Traffic, food stalls and old low rise buildings are all dwarfed by the gleaming high rise skyscrapers that are rapidly being built all across the city.

A new high rise skyscraper rises over a busy street lined by rows of old residential housing blocks.

Part of the Lodha World Crest development rises behind an area of old low rise buildings in the Worli/Lower Parel districts.

A row of small low rise businesses are dwarfed by skyscrapers rising behind in a development in the upmarket Worli district.

A row of small low rise businesses are dwarfed by skyscrapers rising behind in a development in the upmarket Worli district.

A man selling snacks from a mobile stall beside an area of low-rise slum housing is in stark contrast to the skyscrapers of a residential development rising behind them.

A man selling snacks from a mobile stall beside an area of low-rise slum housing is in stark contrast to the skyscrapers of a residential development rising behind them.

An area of low-rise ramshackle stalls near the route of the Mumbai Monorail are in stark contrast to the skyscrapers of a residential development rising behind them.

An area of low-rise slum buildings are in stark contrast to the skyscrapers of a residential development rising behind them.

An area of low-rise slum buildings are in stark contrast to the skyscrapers of a residential development rising behind them.

A road of ramshackle businesses in old low rise buildings, some of which are part-demolished, are in stark contrast to the steel and glass office block rising behind them.

A woman walks past a row of part-demolished low rise buildings which are in stark contrast to the steel and glass office block rising behind them.

A woman walks along a street strewn with rubbish and lined with dirty low rise buildings while in the background the steel and glass IL&FS Financial Centre and Deutsche Bank buildings in Bandra East s...

Traffic, food stalls and old low rise buildings are all dwarfed by the gleaming high rise skyscrapers that are rapidly being built all across the city.

Traffic, food stalls and old low rise buildings are all dwarfed by the gleaming high rise skyscrapers that are rapidly being built all across the city.

The Imperial Towers, build on th esite of a former slum, rises over Tardeo in southern Mumbai.

Part of the Lodha World Crest development rises behind an area of old low rise buildings in the Worli/Lower Parel districts.

Part of the Lodha World Crest development rises behind an area of old low rise buildings in the Worli/Lower Parel districts.

Part of the Lodha Park development rises behind an area of old low rise buildings in the Worli/Lower Parel districts.

Part of the Lodha World Crest development rises behind an area of old low rise buildings in the Worli/Lower Parel districts.

Part of the Lodha World Crest development rises behind an area of old low rise buildings in the Worli/Lower Parel districts.

Part of the Lodha World Crest development rises behind an area of old low rise buildings in the Worli/Lower Parel districts.

The HSBC headquaters and Citigroup Centre in Canada Square, Canary Wharf and Balfron Tower, an example of Brutalist architecture in foreground viewed from the River Lea in Bow.

The HSBC headquaters and Citigroup Centre in Canada Square, Canary Wharf and Balfron Tower, an example of Brutalist architecture in foreground viewed from the River Lea in Bow.

The HSBC headquaters and Citigroup Centre in Canada Square, Canary Wharf and Balfron Tower, an example of Brutalist architecture in foreground viewed from the River Lea in Bow.

An old brick social housing estate near Petticoat Lane in Whitechapel with a modern glass and steel office block rising behind it.

An old pub waiting to be demolished near a luxury housing complex at New Capital Quay, built by Galliard Homes, which was found to have similar faulty type of cladding to Grenfell Tower.

Old and new buildings in the city centre.

Old and new buildings in the city centre.

Old and new buildings in the city centre.

Old and new buildings in the city centre.

Old and new buildings in the city centre.

The small, one story house belonging to the Gherman family clings to the side of a new constructed three story building which two brothers, grandsons of the original house's owner, are building. They...

A new house, stands beside the old one it is replacing, built by people who left Romania to work in western Europe.

The red brick of Whitechapel's Royal London Hospital contrasts with the modern hospital building that opened in 2012.

A holy man walks past a couple as they check their smartphone in Connaught Place.

The Great Western Railway Warehouse and Office, North of the Canning Graving Docks, Liverpool. Behind is one of the the Mann Island Buildings.

Solar panels and a mobile phone mast beside the town's ancient mud-brick castle.

A Porche car passes a man standing at the roadside holding a sign that reads: 'NEED CASH DESPERATELY, WILL DO ANY JOB!!!" Manchester Village is a wealthy town in New England.

The old and new (the new one being the Choriner Hoefe building by developers Diamona and Harnisch) facades of an apartment block in the Prenzlauer Berg district. Choriner Hoefe at the Zehdenicker Str...

The old and new facades of an apartment blocks in the Prenzlauer Berg district.

An overview of Chongqing city, one of the fastest-growing and biggest cities on earth, with a population of 29 million. The slum area under the high-rises is marked for demolition in the near future....

An overview of Chongqing city, one of the fastest-growing and biggest cities on earth, with a population of 29 million. The slum area under the high-rises is marked for demolition in the near future....

Old houses are gradually being cleared to make way for new residential complexes in the city of Nanning.

Old buildings and houses in the foreground contrasts with new apartment blocks in the background.

Demolition land contrasts the traditional agricultural land to make way for new housing developments.

The skyscrapers of Malate Business District seen from the walls of Intramuros, the original walled citadel built by the Spanish in the 16th Century.

The skyscrapers of Malate Business District seen from the walls of Intramuros, the original walled citadel built by the Spanish in the 16th Century.

A newly completed elevated road cuts through the south Jakarta skyline, separating the village-like atmosphere of "old" Jakarta (with its mosques and tile-roofed homes) from the skyscrapers of "new" J...

An old fashioned horse drawn cart passes a white Ferrari parked in front of a new glass fronted house on a street in Certeze. The owner of the car is a successful entrepreneur who lives in Paris and h...

Old fassade and new living project Choriner Hoefe at the Zehdenicker Strasse inside the popular district Prenzlauer Berg in Berlin. This modern ensemble by the company Diamona and Harnisch is a good e...

Heron Tower, 110 Bishopsgate, City of London, rises beyond a building in Finsbury Circus. Heron tower was, in 2012, London's second tallest building, rising 242 metres over 46 floors. It was completed...

The Shard, Western Europe's tallest building at 310 metres, rises behind Southwark Cathedral in London.

The Shard, Western Europe's tallest building at 310 metres, rises behind Southwark Cathedral in London.

The tower of the church of St Botolph without Bishopsgate and Heron Tower, 110 Bishopsgate, City of London. Heron tower was, in 2012, London's second tallest building, rising 242 metres over 46 floors...

The church of St Botolph without Bishopsgate is reflected in the glass of Heron Tower, 110 Bishopsgate, City of London. Heron tower was, in 2012, London's second tallest building, rising 242 metres ov...

The Tower Of London (dating from the 1080s and bar remnants of the Roman Walls, the oldest building in London) seen from Tower Hill Terrace. To the right is City Hall and to the left is the Shard, Wes...

A view of The Shard, which will be the tallest building in Western Europe and is due to be completed and officially inaugurated on the 5th July 2012, opening to the public in 2013. It will contain off...

Almir Narayamoga (the one who unites) Surui, chief of the Surui (Paiter) tribe uses an Apple Mac computer at a meeting of tribal leaders in the village of Lapetanha, in the Brazilian Amazon. He is a w...

Roni Surui, sporting tribal body paintings, holds a flash drive in his palm in the village of Lapetanha, in the Brazilian Amazon. He is a chief of the Surui (Paiter) tribe. The Surui had had no contac...

Almir Narayamoga (the one who unites) Surui, chief of the Surui (Paiter) tribe uses an Apple Mac computer at a meeting of tribal leaders in the village of Lapetanha, in the Brazilian Amazon. He is a w...

Almir Narayamoga (the one who unites) Surui, chief of the Surui (Paiter) tribe uses an Apple Mac computer at a meeting of tribal leaders in the village of Lapetanha, in the Brazilian Amazon. He is a w...

Looming over low grade housing, the newly built headquarters for Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Limited (IL&FS), an Indian infrastructure development and finance company, is one of many n...