For as long as people have built cities, they have been centers of both opportunity and inequality. In ancient times, this was evident in the size of houses, the grandeur of monuments, and the ...

Cities are soaring upward at a greater rate than they are spreading out—reshaping resource use, the environment, and urban life, according to a new study. Researchers from the University of New ...

In the bustling arteries of our modern urban areas, traffic congestion continues to suffocate growth and progress while stifling quality of life. What was once an occasional inconvenience has become a ...

For almost a century, zoning has been the key tool used by urban planners to influence how our cities grow and change. Our newly published research looked at whether zoning is effective at guiding new ...

An expert, Yetunde Adesiyan, has called for deployment of Geographic Information Science (GIS) in resolving challenges of urbanisation. She said: “Urban Change Detection and Machine Learning ...

Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Ahmed Dangiwa has emphasised the timeliness of rethinking urban growth patterns and youth inclusion. Using Mexico as a case study, he highlighted parallels ...

Earlier this fall, the Met Council’s demographic office released its latest population growth projections, which take regional trends and population growth out to the year 2050 in as specific a way as ...

As India stands at the precipice of becoming a $5 trillion economy, the spotlight inevitably turns to our burgeoning urban ...

A modern glass building in Chongqing, China highlights how contemporary architecture shapes urban environments. Located at a busy intersection, the structure influences traffic flow, attracts ...