Polish Salt Mine The world's most unusual salt mine lies deep beneath the ground in southern Poland. The town of Wieliczka( vee-leech-ka ) was founded in the thirteenth century to mine nearby Underground salt deposits . Over the centuries . the miner...
Even after the reassertion of the nation-state amid multiple global crises, policy interest in city mayors and their impact on most people’s lives remains undiminished, with planetary urbanisation as a megatrend continuing apace. It is well understood that by 2050 over two-thirds of the world...
Parrots were most frequently observed in urban areas, in regions characterized by a higher population size, a higher income and a higher proportion of people with a university degree. Our study shows that the occurrence of parrots, especially rose-ringed parakeets in the wild, needs to be ...
Polish commuters here lost an average of 85 hours in traffic last year. Traffic in Poznan is bad enough on most days. But traffic was especially bad on May 9, 2018, when this giant tanker overturned and spilled thousands of gallons of hot chocolate on Poland's A2 highway.32...
MOST cities in India struggle to cope with their waste, but Bengaluru has been putting in place a solution that ... Read More Hazardous trash going unchecked Sukanya Sharma, New Delhi How many middle-class households in India segregate nail polish bottles, expired medicines, paint boxes, batter...
New cities arose, primarily in the Moscow Principality, the most heavily populated area. However, the Mongol yoke seriously retarded socioeconomic development of the cities. With the rise and strengthening of Moscow, city dwellers supported the struggle of the Muscovite princes for the unity of the...
Podcast: NYC’s Most Beautiful Public Bathroom You've gotta go. The Podcast Team March 14, 2023 science Podcast: The World Beneath with Jessica Leigh Hester We take a deep dive into the world's sewers. The Podcast Team March 13, 2023 disasters The Earthshaking History of San Franc...
Of the 34 non-metropolitan English counties, Norfolk is the seventh most populous, with a population of 816,500. However, as a largely rural county it has a low population density, 152 people per square kilometre, making it 25th highest by population density. This is reflected in Norfolk's...
Libraries, public space and obsession with cafes A NYT article about libraries and civil society was one of the warmest and most hopeful texts from the other side of the Atlantic in the recent years. It made several key points: libraries are open, inclusive and fun spaces to interact – ...
For example, how does China, with nearly 1.36 billion people, have 100 fewer 100K+ cities than Brazil, a country with just over 200 million people? Reddit user elefantpp provides a plausible answer: China defines “cities” differently than most of the western world. In China, the primary...