Residents attempt to salvage furniture after floodwaters recede in Mukuru. Photo: Ken Muli As of May 2025, approximately ...
People relax along the bank of the Seine River in Paris. France is among countries advancing long-term strategies that align ...
As of May 2025, approximately 500,000 people had been displaced by severe flooding across Kenya. Informal settlements bear a disproportionate burden of flood-induced displacement due to their location ...
Walking is the oldest, most democratic way to get around. But as urban areas have become more sprawled, walking has slowly been suffocated by other modes of transport that are less healthy for both ...
West Oakland, a neighborhood of less than 30,000 people on the northwestern tip of Oakland, California, is encircled by three major highways. In the latter half of the 20th century, construction of a ...
Our impressions of a city are formed mainly by the quality of public spaces. If they are not pleasant and preserved, or if they transmit a sense of insecurity, we will seldom return. Good planning of ...
Newly planted trees line the Piassa-Mexico-Sarbet-Gotera-Wollo Sefer corridor in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Implemented during the first phase of the city’s corridor development project, the trees provide ...
An installation crew from Alexandra Water Warriors tests a litter trap in the Jukskei River. Photo: Jenna Echakowitz/SUNCASA In Gauteng Province, the Jukskei River winds its way through the heart of ...
This series, supported by the Volvo Research and Educational Foundations, discusses walking and cycling in cities with a special focus on low- and middle-income countries. Many cities have streets ...
In cities like Beijing with aging populations, design and infrastructure changes can help make public transit systems more accessible. Photo: Besides the Obvious/Shutterstock As people live longer and ...
Nossa Cidade (“Our City”), from TheCityFix Brasil, explores critical questions for building more sustainable cities. Every month features a new theme. Leaning on the expertise of researchers and ...
A street view of Mexico City. CityMetrics’ data shows that proximity to open spaces is lower for Mexico City’s children (53.2%) compared to the population as a whole (55.4%). Photo: Irving ...