A federal proposal could effectively reclassify the homes of millions of Americans as rural, not urban – without anything actually changing about their communities.
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Two scholars of cities explain why dense, urban areas will survive – and thrive – long after the pandemic ends, and even if they don’t get a bailout.
A recent US study found tyre chemicals were polluting rivers and poisoning migratory salmon.
New risk models show nearly twice as many properties are at risk from a 100-year flood today than the government’s flood maps indicate.
Kenya’s urban poor lack enough food and the little they can afford is often unsafe and of poor nutritional value.
During COVID-19, boarded-up storefronts host various new types of inspirational, informational and decorative murals that should be read critically as representing political agendas for the future.
Neighborhood characteristics like pollution from busy roads, widespread public transit use and lack of community-based health care are putting certain communities at greater risk from COVID-19.
Rebuilding cities post-pandemic will start with neighbourhood hope, and strong social and community planning.
We can lock in these changes to build sustainable cities out of the coronavirus crisis – here’s how.
For most of the past five decades, income inequality has been higher in rural counties than in urban areas. Now, urban areas are catching up.
Densely populated urban areas are great drivers of economic development and innovation, but that also makes them a fertile ground for the spread of pandemics.
Hundreds of Canadian municipalities have declared climate emergencies but many have yet to take action.
When mapping deprivation, using traditional boundaries can distort the data and distract readers from important information.
The government wants more people to live in Australia’s north. So we looked at three scenarios to increase the population and the results don’t always look good for the north.
According to a new smart cities index, the real test for smart cities is whether citizens feel the benefits.
Megaproject construction has been a major response to globalization in the urban realm.
Prodded by Michelle Obama and other government leaders, Walmart and other major US retailers vowed to build hundreds of stores in food deserts. What happened?
City rankings have become big business – but this expert thinks it’s best to ignore them.
In many urban poor areas such as slums, programmes by governments and NGOs are established to help families and mitigate malnutrition. But are these effective?
Solar lights can help local governments drastically reduce their spending on electricity bills.
Top contributors
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Associate Professor of Environmental and Occupation Health, University of California, Irvine; University of Southern California
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Professor, Environmental Studies Program at UC Santa Barbara
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Professeur titulaire, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
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University of Manchester
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Associate Professor and Principal Fellow in Urban Risk and Resilience, The University of Melbourne
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University of Manchester
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Assistant Professor of Rural Sociology and Demography, Penn State
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PhD Candidate in Urban Planning, Design and Policy | Urban welfare researcher, York University, Canada
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Professeur agrégé, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
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Research Officer, African Population and Health Research Center
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Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, Boise State University; United Nations University
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Lecturer, Management Discipline Group, University of Technology Sydney
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Reader, Anglia Ruskin University
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Director of the Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH), United Nations University
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Professor Spatial Transformation, Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Groningen