Thanks to a small team of artists and coders, you may now explore cities through patterns of infrastructure as captured in aerial photography. Terrapattern, developed at the Carnegie Mellon ...

A multi-institutional team of Earth scientists, environmental engineers and geomaticists has found via satellite study that modern cities around the world have been growing upward more than outward.

The evolution of urban life hinges on a blend of sustainability and forward-thinking design. This is what makes the concept of smart cities so captivating — places where innovation meets resilience, ...

In modern cities, finding your exact location can be surprisingly unreliable. Tall buildings bend, block, and reflect satellite signals, turning navigation into a guessing game. Streets become signal ...

It is projected that by 2050, over 800 million people in 570 cities could be subjected to more than half a meter of sea level rise. Sea level rise affecting the biggest coastal cities, which are often ...