Urban Development 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 …

Oct 30, 2025 · Urban Development As the world's largest multilateral financier of urban development, the World Bank works with national and local governments to build more livable, …

Beyond differing definitions of “urban,” complicating cross-country comparisons is the fact that definitions of “urban” within a country can change over time. For example, in 1987 Sri Lanka …

Extreme urban heat is becoming an urgent challenge for Bangkok, threatening lives, livelihoods, and the city’s economic resilience. The Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect exacerbates this crisis, …

Jan 26, 2015 · Urbanization in Thailand was the fifth largest in East Asia in terms of area and the ninth largest in terms of its population approaching 10 million in 2010. No other urban area in …

Improving urban infrastructure can help Indonesia gain more benefits from urbanization, rather than challenges.

The project took a multi-sectoral approach to urban upgrading by providing a package of tertiary infrastructure improvements in more than 200 selected low-income areas that combined water …

Find out how Africa’s megacity, Kinshasa, is putting climate action, urban management and resilient infrastructure at the top of its priorities.

The Romanian Urban Policy is designed to advise on the vision of a sustainable, inclusive, and resilient urban development in line with the EU’s Urban Agenda. It represents a common …

Inequality is higher in rural than in urban areas of LAC, but had been decreasing in both during the last 15 years, however, following the pandemic caused by COVID-19 inequality increased …