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The World Is Hurtling Toward Peak Urban Population

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Effective urban planning from real-world population tracking

Tracking human behavioral patterns in cities can be used to determine urban delineations and urban land use, which has the ...
Marketplace

After a pandemic downturn, U.S. cities are growing again. That's good news for this economy.

The biggest cities in this country are getting even bigger. That’s according to new Census Bureau data, showing that almost every major urban center gained population from 2023 to 2024. Most big ...
Insider Monkey

5 Countries with the Largest Urban Population in the World

Belgium is a small European country with a dense population. The country’s economy has transitioned from agriculture to manufacturing. Belgium’s GDP reached $583.4 billion in 2022. The country’s ...

Over 80% of state’s population will be urban by 2050: Report

Kochi: Over 80% of people in Kerala will be part of an urban landscape by 2050, said the final report of state govt-appointed ...

Urban built-up footprint in India’s top eight cities doubles since 1995

India's top eight cities have witnessed a doubling of their urban built-up area since 1995, reaching 4,308 sq km by 2025.

10 states with the highest homeless population: Where does Alabama rank?

More than 771,000 Americans experienced homelessness in 2024, and a new state-by-state map shows how unevenly distributed the crisis is across the country. Visual Capitalist gathered data from the U.S ...
The Salt Lake Tribune

Utah cities added hundreds of thousands of people in a decade

This story is part of The Salt Lake Tribune’s ongoing commitment to identify solutions to Utah’s biggest challenges through the work of the Innovation Lab. [Subscribe to our newsletter here] Utah’s ...