Social Media Ideas for Urbanization

Charted: The World’s Shift to Cities (1950–2050)

See how the world's population shifted from living mostly rurally in the 1950s to mostly in cities since the 1990s.

Can the gigacities of tomorrow keep human connection alive?

Over the past few decades, people in many countries have witnessed extraordinary technological progress. Transport is becoming smarter, robots and drones are entering everyday life...

How to reverse rising inequality in Asia’s cities

Asia and the Pacific is urbanizing faster than any other region. By 2050, its cities will be home to 3.4 billion people, up from 2.2 billion today – the equivalent of adding around...

How Asia Can Reverse Rising Inequality in its Cities

The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. Asia and the Pacific is urbanizing faster than any other region. By 2050, its cities will be ho...

'Sentient cities' shape future of urban development, place people at centre of planning

Laboratory of the future: How Africa’s megacities are redefining urban life

More than 700 million Africans already live in urban areas, and this number is expected to reach around 1.4 billion by 2050 Read Full Article at RT.com

Urban living: 'Messy city' can be in the eye of the beholder

Civic improvements often emerge from unplanned urban activity

The people who live in cities must have a say in how they are shaped: Notes from the Common City Conference

Urban growth in Africa comes with falls on the poorest residents: forced evictions, informal settlements razed for redevelopment projects, with no consultation of the people who li...

Will new transportation technologies increase urban density?

Will 21st century transportation innovations work against urban density, as the car did in the 20th century, or promote urban centralization, as the railroad did in the 19th centur...