Editor’s Note: This month’s episode of On China with Kristie Lu Stout is on the country’s rush to urbanize. It airs for the first time on Wednesday, January 22, 5:30 am ET. For all viewing ...

BEIJING—China's leaders reaffirmed their intention to turn urbanization into a powerful engine to drive growth and remake the economy, saying they would encourage rural residents to move to ...

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has lauded the newly released memoir by Oba Abdulwasiu Lawal, the Oniru of Iru Land, titled From City to MegaCity: A Memoir of Lagos Urbanization (1999–2023), ...

Global Urbanization Rates and Large Cities, 1970 and 2014 Andrés Rodríguez-Pose In their latest study , the researchers found that developing nations tend to get a bigger bang for their buck ...

China watchers are all abuzz about urbanization, which is supposed to be a focus of reform. But what does the term mean? A preview of a report China's planning agency is planning to publish later ...

The world region most affected is East Asia and the Pacific, where between 1985 and 2015, the share of settlements at risk of severe flooding increased from 7.8% to 9.5%.

Urbanization is increasing all over the planet. Increasing along with it is one of the more unpleasant byproducts of urban living: municipal solid waste. Cities are centers of garbage production ...

By Kristine Sabillo Heavy rainfall in Colombia and Venezuela caused deadly landslides and widespread flooding in June. A new ...

Urbanization linked to poor ecological knowledge, less environmental action. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2022 / 05 / 220504082613.htm ...

Alexandria’s rapid urbanization January 11, 2013 The redevelopment in the Braddock Metro neighborhood includes new townhouses, such as these in Old Town Commons.

Urbanization in St. George threatens ancient petroglyphs, raising concerns about their preservation amid ongoing development. The petroglyphs, on private land, are legally movable by owners ...