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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

As part of China’s reform program, urbanization continues to make gradual progress. The process has been ongoing since 2014, under the National New Urbanization Plan, with a focus on people-centered ...

China will advance its people-centered new urbanization through concrete measures, according to a five-year action plan unveiled on Wednesday by the State Council, China's Cabinet. The country plans ...