As cities grow, their vulnerability to natural disasters increases, threatening lives and assets. Since 1985, over 75,000 km 2 of new urban land, equivalent to about 50 times the area of …

Jan 26, 2015 · As of 2010, the Kuala Lumpur urban area was the eighth largest in the region, larger than some megacity urban areas like Jakarta, Manila, and Seoul despite its smaller …

Jan 26, 2015 · The urban population of the Bangkok urban area grew from 7.8 million people to 9.6 million between 2000 and 2010, a relatively modest annual growth rate of 2.0%. It has the …

Improving urban planning and implementation. To realize the long-term vision of the city’s Master Plan 2035, enabling regulations and codes, existing urban planning processes, and technical …

Jan 26, 2015 · Cambodia has the fourth-smallest amount of urban land among the countries studied (after the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Papua New Guinea, and Timor-Leste). …

The rapid expansion of urban area relative to urban population reflects the sprawl and ribbon development that are characteristic of Sri Lanka’s urban development. Sri Lanka is one of five …

Apr 1, 2013 · Urban Growth and Spatial Transition in Nepal: An Initial Assessment provides insights into the first of these two transitions – Nepal’s journey towards becoming a …

Jan 22, 2025 · As the world's largest multilateral financier of urban development, the World Bank works with national and local governments to build more livable, sustainable, and inclusive …

The Urban Risk Assessment (URA) presents a flexible approach that project and city managers can use to identify feasible measures to assess a city’s risk. The methodology focuses on …

Urban centers’ share of emissions is only expected to grow, as urban areas accommodate 2.5 billion additional inhabitants by 2050 including rural-to-urban migrants in search of better …