The urban riots in Caracas in February 1989 were particularly revealing in this regard. A month earlier, Carlos Andres Perez, a Social Democrat, had won office on a platform of opposition to IMF ...

Gao likened the effects of climate change and urban land patterns on extreme weather risks to the effects of a person’s diet and activity level on their risk for health problems. Properly designed ...

The research team’s computer simulations showed that, at the end of the 21st century, how a city is laid out or organized spatially -- often called an urban land pattern -- has the potential to reduce ...

Cities in high-income countries (HICs) have grown over a long period of time. Find out more with BBC Bitesize. For students between the ages of 11 and 14.

Yet, in the COVID-19 pandemic, our much-maligned dispersed urban pattern has proven a major asset. Los Angeles and its surrounding suburbs have had a considerable number of cases, ...

Since launching in 2011, Urban Fabric has created rugs of more than 30 cities, each with its own characteristic pattern. For about $7,000, one of them could be yours.