His ideas have influenced the way architecture and urban design are practiced, bringing about community participation and co-design. These have been some of the most prominent themes at Utopian Hours ...

Suisun City has tried to revive its fortunes for years. The latest idea: Annex land owned by California Forever, a tech-billionaire-funded plan for a new city north of San Francisco. Suisun City, ...

More than half of the world’s population currently lives in cities and this share is expected to rise to nearly 70% by 2050. It’s no wonder “smart cities” have become a buzzword in urban planning, ...

Contrary to the “urban doom loop” scenario, recently released census statistics show that most big U.S. cities, with populations over 250,000, are now doing much better demographically than they were ...

As the overall U.S. population growth rate declined in 2024-25, the nation’s biggest cities saw the sharpest shifts: 86 out of 92 experienced slower growth, greater declines, or a shift from growth to ...

A smart city is a municipality that uses information and communication technology to increase operational efficiency, share information with the public, and improve the quality of government services ...