Urbanization presents opportunities for economic growth, enhanced living standards, and increased cultural diversity. Historical data underscores this trend: since 1950, the world’s urban population ...

Is the future urban? Yes, but "the city" might not be what we think it is. Neil Brenner, a professor of urban theory at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, said as much in his talk to 100 faculty ...

When it comes to cities and urbanization, it is generally thought that bigger is better. But a pair of recent studies suggests that although industrialized nations may have benefited from larger ...

The 15-minute city is either an urban-planning epiphany or a totalitarian nightmare, depending on whom you ask. The concept, credited to a Sorbonne University professor, promotes self-contained ...

This is a story about what happened to a country fish when it moved to the city. It sounds like the start of a children's book, but it's actually a glimpse into new research about the evolutionary ...

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Turning into Tatu City, on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya’s capital, feels like stepping into another world. Even the country's most reckless drivers seem to change. They slow down, stop littering, ...