The Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 11 underscores the imperative of creating inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable cities and communities by 2030. Here we employ bibliometric techniques to ...

Growing urban population and the distinct strategies to accommodate them lead to diverse urban development patterns worldwide. While local evidence suggests the presence of urban signatures in ...

Cities have always reflected the priorities of their time, shaped by economic growth, population needs, and infrastructure demands. But today, that equation is shifting. Urban areas account for more ...

His Excellency Falah Al Ahbabi is Chairman of the Department of Municipalities and Transport, Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates. 7 February 2020 Sustainability is a concept that is gaining traction ...

Directions in Urban Development, launched in October 2008, provides an opportunity to address, in a timely and focused manner, emerging trends and topics of relevance to cities, towns, national ...

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 ...

As cities grow at unprecedented speed, the World Bank has significantly increased its technical and financial assistance for urban development, contributing to the Bank’s goals to end extreme poverty ...

Outside of the odd luxury condo building or authoritarian-backed instant city in the desert, urban development is a process of creative perseverance. Without the magic of very deep pockets, building ...