In this report, we use data from China’s 2010 census to examine China’s urbanization and migration patterns from an international perspective. First, we present an overview of the historical use of ...

During China’s recent Central Economic Working Conference (CEWC), the Politburo Standing Committee announced China’s six major economic tasks for 2014. One item not on the list nevertheless stands to ...

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 ...

Thank you very much Vice Minister Liu Shijin for this very kind introduction. I am glad to join you and Chairman Xu Shaoshi today to discuss this very important topic. Let me start by stepping back ...

Bright lights, big cities are getting bigger and brighter. Urbanization — the expansion of cities — is on the rise. People across the globe are heading into urban areas looking for work, education and ...

Hydrologist: Urbanization contributes to flash flooding risks. Heavy rain left standing water along U.S. 80 near Sunnyvale.

The population of city dwellers is expected to double by 2050, the World Bank says. To accommodate that influx of city dwellers, the world will have to add the equivalent of an entire New York City to ...

Nearly 3.5 billion people live in the messy transition zone between cities and wild places, where agriculture abuts homes; suburbs sprawl into the forest; and humans, wildlife, and livestock readily ...

Whether the process of urbanization is harnessed and managed, or allowed to fuel growing divides, will largely determine the future of inequality, says UN DESA’s World Social Report 2020. For the ...

Editor's note: The following piece on China's urbanization was written by Ming Xiaodong, official of the National Development and Reform Commission, and former minister-counsellor of the Chinese ...