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Bio-centres turning human waste into electricity prove that faeces is the ultimate source of renewable

Even a roaming cartophile, looking through an airplane window at night, would be challenged to

Urban areas will be disproportionately impacted by rising sea levels and severe weather. Luckily, they’re

108 years ago, San Francisco was hit by a major earthquake, sparking fires that decimated

The notion that condensed living spaces always heighten misery is flawed; interaction keeps us sharp

An experiment shows that even a simple photograph of greenery can push the brain to

Past response strategies have focused on helping those in remote, rural areas. But when an

In the past decade or so, New York has seen a considerable decline in traffic

“The whole history of urban life, in a sense,” says Richard Barnett, “is of living

We are bombarded with statistics about the future of cities these days, as fast as

In Caracas a 1kg loaf of bread will cost you US$9.40, in Mumbai just $0.86.

The largest 300 cities are home to a fifth of the world’s people but account

From London’s cholera outbreak to the siege of Frankfurt, these are the works of the earliest

Designers are working to make the city’s tiniest spaces liveable. Gary Chang, is a Hong Kong architect

Christchurch-based Danny Squires is director of Space Craft Systems and co-founder of WikiHouse/NZ, a global project

Here’s some tips to help you avoid whatever bug or virus is currently doing the

Iwan Baan is a renowed Dutch architectural photographer. In his TED talk, he shows us how

For centuries, the Chinese have referred to the fertile region around Chengdu, capital of Sichuan

In Jeff Speck’s excellent new book, Walkable City, he suggests that there are ten keys

What are the world’s riskiest cities when it comes to natural disasters? A reinsurance company

To establish the list of the world’s most powerful city brands, Saffron, a brand consultancy that prides

The median land area dedicated to park space in U.S. cities is 8.1 percent, according to

Tired of listening to your neighbor’s shoes, the garbage truck, and the sound of car

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World Bank economist says governments shouldn’t fear rise of cities, but warns ‘slum growth could

In the dizzying world of tech cities, garden cities and smart cities, perhaps it’s time

“Rapid urbanization is the fastest, most intense social phenomenon that ever happened to humankind, perhaps

Global urbanisation has prompted a focus on megacities that overlooks the needs and vulnerabilities of

How can cities create neighborhoods that work well for all generations? When he worked as

New research from Southern California has found that residents of neighborhoods with a central core

In May 2010, a 30-year-old Pakistani-American drove his Nissan Pathfinder into one of the most

The world’s mega-cities are merging to form vast “mega-regions” which may stretch hundreds of kilometres