Pakistan has experienced one of the highest rates of urbanisation in South Asia, with around 37.7% of its population residing in urban areas. This statistic is poised to grow even further as the ...

The federal government has said uncontrolled urbanisation and population growth have placed enormous pressure on cities and escalated construction costs ...

Our future is destined to be urban as urbanisation in developing countries is a defining feature of the 21st century. It is the most significant demographic transformation in our century because it ...

Economic Survey flags behaviour, not culture, as key to urban order, showing how rule-based metro systems shape civic ...

Dietrich Vollrath has nothing to disclose. Doug Gollin receives funding from the International Growth Centre and its Ethiopia Country Programme. In the past five years he has received funding from the ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Joan Clos, one-time doctor and former mayor of Barcelona, is hoping to encourage politicians to see cities not ...

Between 2000 and 2020, the region recorded an urban population growth rate of around 2.3% per year - one of the highest globally. By 2050, more than half of the Pacific's population will live in urban ...

Currently, the numbers of urban and rural dwellers in the world are almost evenly split, with slightly more in urban areas. However, the share of urban dwellers is expected to rise to 70 per cent by ...

China has made a small but significant tweak in its rigid land management system that could accelerate urbanisation, especially in large cities and affluent coastal areas, that could spur urban ...

Major cities, including metropolises like Dhaka and Chattogram, consistently rank among the world's least liveable urban areas. They grapple with a multitude of issues. Over 50 percent of the urban ...