Urban development can magnify the risk of environmental hazards such as flash flooding. Pollution and physical barriers to ...

After my post two days ago about urbanization—i.e., the general desire to make big cities even bigger—I ended up in a Twitter conversation with David Schleicher that started getting into the ...

Heavy rains once again left Gurugram waterlogged as IMD issued an orange alert for Delhi-NCR. Poor drainage, rapid ...

The data show that not only have the nation’s large city schools — including Philadelphia — made progress, but their gains ...

This article explores how rapid construction affects stray survival, why the issue deserves more attention, and what steps ...

The most predominant health problems associated with urbanization are poor nutrition, pollution-related health conditions, the emergence of infectious diseases, inadequate sanitation, and housing ...

The urban design problem that’s killing pedestrians and cyclists Many U.S. cities today promote biking and walking, but streets have actually become more dangerous for cyclists and pedestrians.

If the Right can craft policy—especially locally—that resonates with this conservative sensibility in urban areas, it will return to electoral success. If not, demographics suggest a long winter.

Although 80 percent of Americans live in cities, urban issues are often put on the nation’s back burner. But residents still expect their city governments to deliver the day-to-day services that ...

Tatu City hopes to address Africa’s urbanization conundrum: While the growth of cities has rolled back poverty elsewhere, the region has been an exception.

A project in Philadelphia used a streamlined approach to procurement to get quick results.