Urbanisation is a key global challenge. During the 1950s, two-thirds of the world population lived in rural areas and only one-third in urban areas. Now, approximately five per cent of the world’s ...

Pakistan has experienced one of the highest rates of urbanisation in South Asia, with around 37.7% of its population residing in urban areas. This statistic is poised to grow even further as the ...

Dietrich Vollrath has nothing to disclose. Doug Gollin receives funding from the International Growth Centre and its Ethiopia Country Programme. In the past five years he has received funding from the ...

The announcement that new megacity Xiongan will be built near Beijing is the latest attempt to take pressure off China’s biggest metropolises. Can it work? Wu Shuhua sells flowers from the back of her ...

Increasing urbanisation is linked to a decline in crucial pollinator populations, including nocturnal moths, hoverflies, and bees, according to a new study from the University of Sheffield. A ...

While some pioneering and far-sighted programmes have been launched to improve urban areas, the pace of urbanisation is so rapid that merely fixing existing towns may not work. One of the most complex ...

The Union Budget signals more than incremental spending -- it reinforces a long-term policy direction that places ...

Innovation is at the forefront of government agendas across the globe. When it comes to urban development strategies, sustainability is the conversation driver. Population growth and urbanisation are ...

Urbanisation has never resonated stronger among countries – developed and developing alike – than now. While the recently documented New Urban Agenda (Habitat III) posits that this century will ...

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