CubeSmart is well-positioned in the self-storage industry, leveraging urbanization and e-commerce trends, but faces short-term challenges with rising costs and flatlining revenue. CubeSmart's strong ...

Vacant retail spaces and outdated parking structures reduce property returns. City projects, higher building costs, and new data tools influence how owners plan upgrades. Changes in transit routes, ...

An upcoming UN report finds that the world is becoming increasingly urban, with cities now home to 45 per cent of the global population of 8.2 billion. This is more than double the share in 1950, when ...

Urbanization is rapidly transforming cities worldwide. By 2050, it is projected that 90% of the U.S. population will reside in urban areas, signifying a monumental shift towards city living. This ...

The 2025 estimates suggest that 45% of world's total population lives in cities. This figure was 20% in 1950 estimates.

The Division for Inclusive Social Development (DISD) of the Department of Economic and Social affairs (UNDESA) is organizing an Expert Group Meeting on “Megatrends and Families: Focus on Digital ...

Identifying and separating the signal of urbanization effects in current temperature data series is essential for accurately detecting, attributing, and projecting mean and extreme temperature change ...

Monocle’s Carlota Rebelo reports on the urban trends that will shape our world in 2023 from this year’s World Economic Forum in Davos. We hear from Jeff Merritt, Iryna Ozymok, Tollulah Oni, Diane ...

Tokyo has lost its status as the world’s largest city, with another sprawling Asian metropolis, Indonesia’s vast capital Jakarta, knocking it off the top spot. This milestone marks the first time in ...