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

For much of the last decade, urban development was often defined by momentum. Speed mattered. Visibility mattered. Projects ...

In Italy, poorly planned hillside roads have triggered collapses, and in US cities like Houston and New Orleans, urban subsidence has resulted due to bad drainage, rapid development and heavy rains.

Defining the future doesn’t happen in sudden bursts, and that’s especially the case in real estate. Change remains a fluid process, with innovation, investment, and even chance slowly shaping the way ...

More than three decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union, cities in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA) continue to grapple with economic stagnation, aging infrastructure, and environmental ...

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MANILA - The Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) will focus on expanded housing options, faster ...

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, ...

What is the key to harnessing Africa's urbanization as a catalyst for job creation and economic growth? On August 20, 2025, during the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development ...

The city of Gondar, one of 117 Ethiopian cities that benefited from the World Bank’s Ethiopia Urban Institutional and Infrastructure Development Program (UIIDP). Photo: Adobe Stock With World Bank ...