For Deden Rukmana, professor and director of the Master of City and Regional Planning (MCRP) in the Department of Public Affairs and Planning (PAPL) at The University of Texas at Arlington, ...
NEOM was announced as the most ambitious city ever imagined. A linear megacity in the desert, powered by clean energy and ...
A total of 6,645 planned and ongoing construction projects by the world’s megacities, valued at US$4.2trn and fueled by the increase in population, are sparking interest in residential and ...
The UN has officially designated Jakarta the world’s largest city, home to 42 million. We explore a day in the life of the ‘big durian’.
UN rankings updated using new criteria to better reflect the mass urban transformation driving a global shift in how we live—and the megacities emerging from it. A new United Nations report has ...
Jakarta is now the biggest city in the world. The big picture: It's what is known as a megacity, population-dense hubs that are becoming more frequent across the globe. Per a new report from the ...
The world has a new most populous city. Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta, tops a ranking that is increasingly dominated by Asia. It edged out Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka, and Japan's Tokyo to earn the ...
The world's largest construction project is carving a path through the Saudi desert, but will the 170-kilometer-long megacity ...
David Fickling is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering climate change and energy. Previously, he worked for Bloomberg News, the Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times.