When it comes to cities and urbanization, it is generally thought that bigger is better. But a pair of recent studies suggests that although industrialized nations may have benefited from larger ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover oil, gas, power, LNG markets, linking to human development. The world is now 54% urbanized, versus 29% in 1950 and 39% in ...

A comprehensive 40-year study (1981–2020) of 587 major Chinese lakes reveals that urbanization is a key driver of accelerated ...

While growth in the U.S. convenience store category continues to climb, international c-store expansion also is surging in some areas, in large part due to changes in consumers’ lifestyles and ...

Each day, 1,370 people arrive in Chongqing, China, most destitute and looking for any kind of work. Some join the bangbang army, composed of the poorest migrants carrying heavy loads on their ...

A new study highlights a sharp contrast between urban and suburban ways of thinking about coastal ecosystems. The authors of the study used statistical and cognitive science techniques to analyze data ...

As part of China’s larger-reaching economic reforms, the government hopes to achieve a 60 percent urbanization rate by 2020. On Tuesday, President Xi Jinping expounded on the right way – and the wrong ...