Cities need clear limits and targets on urban sprawl to understand whether planning tools like greenbelts and denser ...

Urbanization is the defining global phenomenon of this century. For the first time in history, more than half the world’s population lives in urban areas. Between 2000 and 2030, in developing ...

The government in 2022 inaugurated a task force on Re-engineering and Transformation of Urban Development whose overall goal is to come up with ideas on how to make our cities and urban areas more ...

So it’s to be expected that, as the world becomes more urban, the United Nations’ 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) include a target devoted to “Sustainable Cities and Communities.” And with ...

On October 8, 2025, the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) observed World Habitat Day in New Delhi under the theme, ‘Urban Solutions to Crisis’. The event spotlighted programmes such ...

Barbara Norman is Emeritus Professor at the University of Canberra and has received funding from the Australian Research Council, the Australian and ACT Governments and the Bushfire and Natural ...

San Jose, the 10th-largest city in the country with more than 1 million residents, has long been described as America’s “most forgettable” major city. That caricature has persisted even though it sits ...

The Tokyo Development Learning Center (TDLC) will host a Technical Deep Dive (TDD) on Urban Planning and Land for Growth from October 27 to 31, 2025, in Tokyo, Kyoto, and Osaka. The TDD will be ...

Bong County native and urban development specialist Kusee L. Armstrong has renewed calls for Liberia to adopt geospatial driven development strategies as a means of addressing youth unemployment, ...

Urban renewal has been positioned as a key pillar in China's near-term economic and social planning, with the country's next five-year blueprint calling for its vigorous implementation and the recent ...