The five cities with the largest homeless populations – New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Seattle and Denver – combined were home to more than one-third of all people in the U.S. who experienced homelessness in 2024. Many of the 25 major U.S. cities with the highest rates of hom...
Meg a city: a city with more than ten million people The number of meg a cities is growing very quickly.In the 1950s,there were only two meg a cities in the world.Today,12% of the world's population lives in meg a cities. It's reported that the population of the world has reache...
A basic definition might be any city 5 with over 10 million people. However, it is harder to count the actual number of people living in a city than one might think. For one thing, it is not always clear who to count. Many megacities do not have clear borders for where the city ...
The threat of climate change is looming before us. Sea level riseconcerns over 410 million peopleat risk of losing their livelihoods. Coastal cities are choked with high-rise buildings and traffic-laden roads, consuming land insufficiently. Synthesizing these problems, architects across the world have...
Known as a "mountain city," Chongqing in southwest China attracts people with its beautiful scenery, such as uneven roads and architecture built on hills and along the Yangtze River. Among the famous destinations are two UNESCO World Heritage sites: the Wulong Karst Scenic Area and the Dazu Ro...
Xi'an and Qingdao have joined the club of cities with over 5 million permanent residents, according to the latest yearbook from the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development. Currently, the number of club members has expanded from 13 to 15, and six of them boast more than 10 million...
It might be any city with over 10 million people. However, it is harder to count the exact number of people living in a city than one might think. For one thing, it is not always clear who to count. For the other, many megacities do not have clear borders(边界) for where the ...
The two-year bike-sharing trend (趋势) has put over 16 million bikes in China alone, has cut car use and demand for gas. "I often use bike-sharing service because it's very (use)," said Wei Zhang, who uses a shared bike several times a week (go) to work. "Bike-sharing (be)...
Shanghai, Shenzhen, Chengdu, Beijing and Guangzhou are the top Chinese cities by their inflow of talent over the past 10 years, Yicai reported on Nov 25. The Chinese financial media outlet analyzed data from 35 cities, including municipalities, provincial cities with five million populations, thos...
Longer-term trends also point to growing concentration. Between 2015 and 2024, total hotel transactions hit 168.5 billion yuan, with over 60 per cent occurring in tier-one cities. Shanghai led all markets, accounting for a third of national deals in 2023 and 2024 alone.From 2020 to 2024, ...