The link between the U.S.Civil War and City of Bombay.

The seven types of global cities driving the world economy.

It is important to recognise and fix the flaws in the current method of defining urban areas as it forms the basis for important policies such as eligibility for government schemes.

In this joint Hindustan Times and Dawn feature, maps show the incredible growth of Delhi in the decade after Partition.

This Livemint blogpost argues that the challenges posed by urban sprawl can be better addressed by an institutional framework that establishes multi-scale governance.

The article talks about the need for liberalising the way in which Indian cities are planned

Watch 5,700 Years of the Rise and Fall of Cities in this Metrocosm Animation

The story of the coming urban explosion is one of the rise of medium-sized cities. But the world’s planners and authorities have yet to accept this fact.

The flawed definition of urban in India has serious consequences for service delivery and resource allocation. 

The story of how Shenzhen, an "unremarkable Chinese settlement that ‘smelled of countryside’" became the world's largest megalopolis