In India, elephants, leopards, tigers and other large mammals are increasingly moving into agricultural and mixed landscapes.

Academics, architects, artists and activists reflect on how a major transport project can reshape neighbourhoods and redefine ...

As South Africa’s township economy steps out of the shadows, pools of capital are showing growing confidence in its long-term ...

India may have far more cities than the government's numbers acknowledge. A new EAC-PM paper argues that millions live in ...

Urbanisation is both a driver and a result of economic development. Many economic and social activities thrive in these densely populated areas, with some inherently requiring the agglomeration of ...

A quick look at the nameplates in India’s neighbourhoods will show you that caste is the primary language of spatiality in Indian cities. Despite such failings, B.R. Ambedkar rejected village life and ...

China’s decades-long urbanisation push may have reached a bottleneck, after the movement of rural residents to large cities rose by less than 1 percentage point last year for the first time in 25 ...

Recently, the ANC government celebrated the incredible feat of delivering 4.3 million houses and subsidies. This means more than 20 million people - more than a third of our country's population - now ...

Sub-Saharan African countries are urbanising fast. Currently, 335 million people are living in urban areas across the continent and this number is expected to double in the next twenty-five years. But ...

Some rat, possum and mozzie species thrive when living close to people. Mark Philpott/Flickr, CC BY-NC Our world is becoming increasingly urbanised. In 1950, just 30% of the world’s population lived ...

WE ought to care about urbanisation because it will shape our lives, for better or for worse, and often in surprising ways. An obvious starter is that all developed countries are predominantly urban.