For over a century, doctors have used electrocardiograms (EKGs) to render the invisible electrical activity of the human ...

Urbanization and economic development are deeply intertwined processes shaping societies worldwide. Urbanization refers to the increasing concentration of populations in cities and towns, driven by ...

UNO projections on population and urbanization are used widely as input for assessments of other global trends such as poverty, energy consumption and so on. However, they appear to have been ...

Cities in the Global South cannot build their way out of the infrastructure crisis without reforming how infrastructure is ...

Suggested Citation: "5 Urbanization." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Operationalizing Sustainable Development to Benefit People and the Planet. Washington, DC: The ...

More than three decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union, cities in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA) continue to grapple with economic stagnation, aging infrastructure, and environmental ...

This year’s International Day of Families observance reminds us to come together and focus on sustainable urbanization so that families can afford decent housing and enjoy public spaces where all ...

With significant implications on the country’s social, environmental and economical standing, India’s population rise calls for a re-conception of contemporary practices in urban development. Majority ...

In the first-ever study on the characteristics of urbanization in large cities around the world, researchers at the University of Hong Kong analyzed cities' urban built-up areas (BUAs) expansion, ...

The conference, themed “Africa’s Development Dynamics: Skills, Jobs, Cities, and Opportunities”, jointly organized by the World Bank Tokyo Development Learning Center (TDLC) and the Organisation for ...