Residents attempt to salvage furniture after floodwaters recede in Mukuru. Photo: Ken Muli As of May 2025, approximately ...

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 ...

People relax along the bank of the Seine River in Paris. France is among countries advancing long-term strategies that align ...

The 2024 floods in Nairobi, Kenya cost women homes, livelihoods and access to essential care. Their experiences show why safer housing is needed before the next disaster hits. Photo: SDI Kenya When ...

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 ...

Austin, Texas, is among many U.S. cities implementing innovative clean energy solutions. Photo: Roschetzky Photography/Shutterstock Recent federal policy decisions ...

Buriganga Shipyard in Dhaka, Bangladesh. As Bangladesh’s economic hub, Dhaka anchors the country’s export economy, led by the ready-made garment industry. Photo: Sohan Rahat/Unsplash There is a ...

Electric vehicles charge in China. By 2035, China is expected to account for at least half of all retired electric vehicle batteries. Photo: YoungNH/iStock Most electric vehicle (EV) batteries are ...

Well-located housing — integrated with mass transit, public services and climate-resilient design — is an instrument of urban productivity, not an add-on to urban planning. In Bogotá, this integration ...

In eastern Nalasopara, a peripherial suburb of Mumbai, autorickshaws serve over 120,000 passengers per day. Photo: Darsheet Vora/Mumbai Living Lab In the peripheral areas of Mumbai, the humble ...

In the peripheral areas of Mumbai, the humble autorickshaw provides a vital link between homes, transit stations and essential urban services. For nearly 13 million residents, shared autorickshaws ...

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 ...