This is an urbanization map of the U.S., derived from city lights data. Legened: urban = red, peri-urban = yellow.

The new Atlas of the Human Planet reveals 50 years of global population growth and urbanization trends, providing insights into how cities and rural areas have evolved. This data offers vital ...

He consults cities across the United States and a few other nations on urban development, economic mobility and quality-of-life strategies.

A new provides the first spatially explicit dataset of the location and size of urban settlements worldwide over the past 6,000 years, offering clarity on long-term historical urbanization trends ...

Cheap real estate and widespread Wi-Fi haven't been enough to overcome the lure of the urban lifestyle. In fact, the number of millennials is growing fastest in some of the most expensive places.

A new video shows five major cities bursting onto the US map like fireworks over the last 200 years. The video comes from researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder, who used property ...

The map of hot spots around New York shows lots of neighborhoods shaded in dark red, with relief only to be found in the park-filled parts of Queens and on Staten Island.

Researchers are using unique tools to map urban areas around the globe, potentially revolutionizing large-scale analysis of urbanization, land use and city growth.

The map could be used to guide conservation policies, Seto suggests, by helping policy-makers to prioritize regions to protect from urbanization or to shape the kinds of urbanization allowed.

Urban development is set to triple in the first three decades of this century, the largest cityscape expansion in human history, according to a new study that for the first time maps out ...

The map of hot spots around New York shows lots of neighborhoods shaded in dark red, with relief only to be found in the park-filled parts of Queens and on Staten Island.