Explore the relationship between industrialization and urbanization, and learn how job creation and manufacturing drive city growth and economic opportunity.

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The impact of the calamitous rains that struck East Africa from March to May was intensified by a mix of climate change and rapid growth of urban areas, an international team of ...

Wired: Sarah Diamond, the George B. Mayer Chair in Urban and Environmental Studies, explained how understanding the effects of urbanization on surrounding wildlife could help in conservation.

The Government of Sri Lanka has launched an ambitious program of economic and physical regeneration for Metropolitan Colombo. Image © Joe Qian/World Bank South Asia ...

Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. Flooding is the natural hazard with the greatest economic and social impact in the ...

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Suggested Citation: "1 Introduction." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2019. Framing the Challenge of Urban Flooding in the United States. Washington, DC: The National ...