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Chengdu is a good example of the problem with China’s mega-cities – a growth for growth’s sake mindset.
Megacities in developing countries should be seen for what they are: a tragic replaying of the worst aspects of the mass urbanization that occurred previously in the West.
Urban development can magnify the risk of environmental hazards such as flash flooding. Pollution and physical barriers to ...
In some megacity right now, a besuited mayor is paying an awkward visit to a black-robed imam. The Dutch far right mocks this practice as “tea-drinking” — but it’s how megacities function.
Indonesia is relocating its capital city with a budget of $33 billion, aiming to build a futuristic and sustainable megacity.
With nearly 2 million people crammed into just 42 square kilometers, Manila is bursting at the seams. How did it become so overcrowded, and what’s next for this chaotic megacity?
COVID-19 is spreading fast through not only the world’s richest cities but also its poorest, ravaging slum areas where risk factors like overcrowding and poverty accelerate disease transmission.
California Forever officials have gained a new major opponent to their hopes to build a community in rural eastern Solano County. State Sen. Bill Dodd on Wednesday came out firmly against the plan ...