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Silicon Valley billionaires press pause on plans for $800 million utopian city amid growing tensions with county
The Silicon Valley billionaires backing a utopian housing development in the Bay Area announced a d…
Erin Snodgrass
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Singapore is the world's 6th Blue Zone — and a look at its urban planning helps explain why
Government policies on housing, transportation, and hawker centers all come together to encourage p…
Amanda Goh
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Maruti launches compact format Nexa service workshops for non-urban areas
Almost 30 per cent of the Nexa sales come from non-urban centres, he added. "To cater to…
PTI
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ADB approves $400 mn loan to support govt's urban reform agenda
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a USD 400 million loan to support the Indian governme…
PTI
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Gardeners are fuming about a study that found produce from urban farms has a high carbon footprint
Researchers are facing backlash over a study that found produce grown on urban farms has a higher c…
Catherine Boudreau
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The key to fighting the urban doom loop might be a downtown beach
Many American downtowns are struggling. Cities should look to their neglected waterfronts to rebuil…
Eliza Relman
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Urban Company grants shares worth Rs 5.2 cr to 497 gig workers
Online home services marketplace Urban Company on Monday said it has awarded stocks worth Rs 5.2 cr…
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Could BBMP’s new climate action plan for Bengaluru restore India's ‘Garden City’ to its former glory?
Sprawling with lush trees and a constant freshening breeze, Bengaluru certainly lived up to its tit…
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Urban golf courses are making housing more expensive and parks harder to access — and taxpayers are footing the bill
Golf is played by just a fraction of city residents, but urban courses take up a ton of valuable sp…
Eliza Relman
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Secure your future today: Here’s five reasons why retirement planning can’t wait
Retirement is a non-negotiable phase in one’s life – one where the absence of financial planning ca…
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An MIT professor devised a 'Fortress Ukraine' plan in 1994 that proved remarkably right about the Russian invasion
Prof. Barry Posen anticipated Ukraine's challenges against a Russian attack 30 years ago, and offer…
Michael Peck
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Why buying a home isn't likely to get much cheaper even under Biden's housing plan
Americans waiting for a drop in home prices could wind up being disappointed, real estate economist…
Jennifer Sor
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China needs a new economic plan that focuses less on exporting and more on domestic growth, 'Dr. Doom' Nouriel Roubini says
"The old Chinese growth model is broken," Roubini wrote for Project Syndicate, warning that more ma…
Filip De Mott
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The urban hamlet where Satyajit Ray met 'Pather Panchali'
Just on the outskirts of the old city limits of the megapolis of Kolkata stands the semi-urban haml…
PTI
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Meet the typical HENRY: Urban 32-year-olds with no kids who make a six-figure income and have a college degree
The typical HENRY — high earner, not rich yet — is 32, lives in a city, and makes six figures, thou…
Noah Sheidlower
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Russia is changing tactics to try to capture the city of Avdiivka and plans to fight through it 'block-by-block,' ISW says
Russia's plans to encircle Avdiivka could be abandoned and replaced by a brute force attack, the In…
Alia Shoaib
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Transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg backs Biden's infrastructure bill, says 'we're still coasting on infrastructure choices' from the 1950s
Buttigieg said the American Jobs Plan, which aims to upgrade roads, bridges, public schools, and ai…
John L. Dorman
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I looked at the plans for the new city proposed by Silicon Valley elites. They're really terrible.
The planned city in Solano County, California, is a big, beautiful illusion.
Adam Rogers
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The Marshall Islands brought a $35 billion plan to the table at COP28 in Dubai — without it, the country risks a climate catastrophe
Most of the Marshall Islands are only 6 feet, or a couple of meters, above sea level. By 2070, sea …
Catherine Boudreau
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A growing urban-farming movement has transformed dozens of vacant lots in Philadelphia. Now with city backing, some crucial green spaces can flourish without the threat of development.
Philadelphia is protecting its urban gardens. The city is buying dozens of properties to prevent de…