Air pollution. Traffic. Animals dying. Habitat loss. All of these issues are side effects of urbanization, according to the United Nations. But, with a new rewilding solution that is being tested in ...

Cities may have loads of opportunities and energy but have also been linked to a variety of issues affecting human well-being. Traffic noise, commutes, and pollution all end up affecting our stress ...

Village residents committee from Majengo go through new maps after a successful participatory design and mapping exercise in Kilifi County, Kenya under UN-Habitat’s Participatory Slum Upgrading ...

Figure 22. Overall sediment quality, as indicated by mean probable effect concentration (PEC) quotient, vs. commercial, industrial and transportation land use. PEC quotient = contaminant concentration ...

Institutional constraints and weak capacity often hamper the ability of local governments in developing countries to steer urbanization. As a result, there are not enough cities to accommodate an ...

The Reset the Table essay series is published weekly, describing today’s challenges to global food security and proposing U.S. government responses. Urban areas have traditionally been perceived as ...