Urban Dictionary, a crowdsourced reference work, is one of the world's most popular websites. Founded in 1999 by Californian computer science student Aaron Peckham, the site was originally intended as ...

Last month’s release of the World Cities Report 2016 marks another milestone in the lead-up to Habitat III, the U. N.’s major summit on urbanization taking place later this year. In offering extensive ...

Is the future urban? Yes, but "the city" might not be what we think it is. Neil Brenner, a professor of urban theory at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, said as much in his talk to 100 faculty ...

More than 1,100 cities, towns and villages in the U.S. lost their status as urban areas on Thursday as the U.S. Census Bureau released a new list of places considered urban based on revised criteria.

Urbanization is the cornerstone of modern economic growth as it concentrates human activity, leading to specialization and increased productivity, income opportunities, and economic growth. Village ...

The existing framework is no longer adequate. Redefining what is urban will have far-reaching implications. Notwithstanding the culinary and cultural impact of McDonald’s across India’s large cities, ...

How much of India is actually urban? That is the question the economic survey by the finance ministry has raised this year. The honest answer to that question is: it depends. It depends on the ...