When it comes to cities and urbanization, it is generally thought that bigger is better. But a pair of recent studies suggests that although industrialized nations may have benefited from larger ...

While growth in the U.S. convenience store category continues to climb, international c-store expansion also is surging in some areas, in large part due to changes in consumers’ lifestyles and ...

A comprehensive 40-year study (1981–2020) of 587 major Chinese lakes reveals that urbanization is a key driver of accelerated ...

Each day, 1,370 people arrive in Chongqing, China, most destitute and looking for any kind of work. Some join the bangbang army, composed of the poorest migrants carrying heavy loads on their ...

As part of China’s larger-reaching economic reforms, the government hopes to achieve a 60 percent urbanization rate by 2020. On Tuesday, President Xi Jinping expounded on the right way – and the wrong ...

A new study highlights a sharp contrast between urban and suburban ways of thinking about coastal ecosystems. The authors of the study used statistical and cognitive science techniques to analyze data ...

Africa's population is largely rural. But now the continent is driving urbanization: The expansion of cities in the coming decades will experience a similar dynamic to Asia. This is only partly due to ...