urban geography
Errors in the Fortune 1000 Lists
This article discusses some of the errors prevalent in the Fortune 1000 lists from which the "Geography of Fortune 1000" series is based on.
Vegetation Helps to Lessen the Effects of Urban Heat Islands
The abundance, or lack, of vegetation in a city can have an effect on how much heat cities retain, known as the urban heat island effect.
Mapping the U.S. by Property Value and Land Area
How Urban Property Values are Adversely Affecting the U.S. Economy
How to Build a Smart City in Twenty Steps
Lessons learned from urban planning projects around the world have been summarized into a short, 20-step do-it-yourself guide to building a Smart City.
Megacity
A megacity in geography is an urban area that contains more than 10 million residents.
Geography of Car Thefts in the United States
The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) each year takes a look at the national picture in terms of car thefts.
Carless Cities
Cities are seeing growing problems with smog and the resulting health effects, noise pollutions, and motor vehicle related fatalities. A few cities have already put restrictions on the number of automobile in an effort to build a carless city.
Urban Prairies
An urban prairie is a piece of urban land located within a city that has reverted back to green space through neglect, purposeful action, or a lack of management.
The Great Inversion – Cities That Are Outpacing Their Suburbs
The rise of the suburbs and the declining urban city which dominated much of American growth in the last half of the Twentieth century is reversing course.
Using Google Street View to Track Urban Decay
The Michigan city of Detroit has an estimated 20 square miles of vacant, abandoned and underused land.