Urban Studies

City Planning Gentrification City Rankings Transportation Population Density City Life Quality of Life Public Spaces Community Development Demographics

AI Reconstruction Yields Complete 2,000-Year-Old Babylonian Hymn

Published in the journal Iraq, the full 250-line hymn offers new views of Babylon’s majesty, the springtime Euphrates and women’s priestly duties

Copenhagen Tops EIU Liveability Index 2025, Dethroning Vienna

Copenhagen Tops 2025 Liveability Index, Vienna Falls to Joint Second

Artificial Night Lighting Outweighs Temperature in Extending Urban Growing Seasons

Kassel Retains Title of Germany’s Happiest City as Rostock Trails

Berlin Poised to Outpace Munich as Germany’s Top Economic Hub

Nominal Income Gains Mask Widening Inequality Across Barcelona

One in Seven Germans Spend Over Half Their Income on Rent

Italian Cities Brace for New Speed-Camera Rules After Record €650M in Traffic Fine Revenue

Immigration drives Barcelona to record 1.73 million population

New York Tops Oxford Economics’ 2025 Global Cities Index

Genomic Analysis Identifies Bedbugs as Humanity’s First Urban Pest

England’s High Streets Face Sharp Decline, Health Equity Report Warns

Munich's Hotterstraße Named Germany's Most Expensive Street at Nearly €16,000 Per Square Meter

Zakynthos Named Europe's Most Overcrowded Tourist Destination

Kobe University Study Links Nature Access to Improved Well-Being in Urban Poor

Study Reveals Urban Gardens Alone Insufficient for Crisis Food Security

Study Maps Leptospira Spread in Boston Rats, Linking Strains to Human Infection

Berlin Reports First Birth Rate Increase in Years Amid Rising Deaths

'Drop Dead City' Documentary Revisits NYC's 1975 Fiscal Crisis