The development of urban centres in the Low Countries shows the process by which the Low Countries, a region in Western Europe, evolved from a highly...

economic motives. Unlike the urban development in the Western countries, Soviet-style planning often called for the complete redesigning of cities. This thinking...

and low income countries. Least developed countries, landlocked developing countries and small island developing states are all sub-groupings of developing...

into and out of urban areas such as transportation and distribution networks. The history of urban planning runs parallel to the history of the city, as planning...

cities and urban centres. The urban population jumped from 29% in 1950 to 55.3% in 2018. Interpolating from the United Nations prediction that the world will...

Urban sprawl (also known as suburban sprawl or urban encroachment) is defined as "the spreading of urban developments (such as houses, dense multi family...

be referred to as 'suburbs' in most other countries), and the lower-density suburbs on the outskirts of the urban area. The term 'middle suburbs' is also...

number of people suffering from hunger in any single country. The 2006 report stated, "the low status of women in South Asian countries and their lack of nutritional...

840 metres (2,756 ft). Countries with very low high points include Maldives 5 metres (16 ft), Tuvalu, 5 metres (16 ft) and the Marshall Islands 10 metres...

slums are usually located in urban areas, in some countries they can be located in suburban areas where housing quality is low and living conditions are...