Fractal analysis has emerged as a vital tool in understanding the inherent complexity and spatial dynamics of urban patterns and networks. By focusing on the properties of self-similarity and scale ...

Weather extremes, such as heatwaves and torrential rainfalls, are becoming more frequent and more intense across the United States under climate change. In late September of this year, flash-flooding ...

A University of Wyoming researcher was part of a recent study that investigated how changes in urban land and population will affect future populations’ exposure to weather extremes at the end of the ...

Peshmerga soldiers engage in a simulated raid on a mock town—complete with eclectic facades—in Erbil, Iraq. (Cpl. Nelson Rodriguez/Public Domain) In the latter half of the 20th century, as ...

Joan Clos is Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) and Secretary-General of the Habitat III Conference. We are just a few days away from the opening of the ...

Urban vs rural consumption patterns reveal clear differences in spending, driven by income, access, and lifestyle. Here’s ...