1. Vegetation vertical structure is important for biodiversity and ecosystem service provision. In cities, however, while variation in the spatial extent and distribution of vegetation has been widely ...

Tracking human behavioral patterns in cities can be used to determine urban delineations and urban land use, which has the potential to improve urban planning. Subscribe to our newsletter for the ...

17 May 2018 - The Population Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) launched yesterday the 2018 Revision of World Urbanization Prospects. The study observes ...

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CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois grew more diverse, multiracial and urban over the past decade, just like the nation overall, according to data released Thursday from the 2020 census. The data will have big ...

Mr. Edsall contributes a weekly column from Washington, D.C., on politics, demographics and inequality. On the last day of February, Glen Lee, the chief financial officer of Washington, D.C., issued a ...

The Bay Area, New York, Los Angeles and Chicago were among the population losers in 2020, new census estimates show. Austin grew the most. By Jed Kolko The nation’s most urban counties lost population ...

Major cities across eastern China are sinking due to groundwater extraction and the weight of buildings, potentially exposing millions of people to flooding and damage in the next 100 years. When you ...