urbanization
Mr. Gepeng Was a Ghost Who Captured a Generation's Concerns With a Changing City
A high-rise city needs a high-rise ghost to match.
My Husband and I Are Seriously Questioning Whether to Raise our Kid in the City
This time, when we sat down to talk about it, I taped our conversation.
Toronto’s New Auditory ‘Beacons’ Will Help Blind People Navigate Downtown
They transmit navigation data directly to blind people’s phones.
Inside Denver's First 'Tiny Village' for the Homeless
Beloved Community Village could transform services for transgender Americans without homes.
Play God With this New AI that Predicts Wealth from Space
Rewild whole neighborhoods or go full Robert Moses—the choice is yours with the newly launched Penny platform.
How an Old Industrial Ship Yard Created 7,000 New Jobs
Brooklyn Navy Yard President and CEO David Ehrenberg tells Motherboard how his non-profit reclaimed an industrial workspace and updated it for the 21st century.
Amsterdam Has a 'Night Mayor' and He's Not Here Just to Party
Motherboard sat down with Mirik Milan, the original Night Mayor, to discuss why a vibrant nightlife integral to a successful city.
Gentrification Is Pushing Romanian Sheep Out of Bucharest
As the city grows, sheep are now forced to graze among the litter in the newly built suburbs.
Tell Us What You Want the Future of Your City to Look Like
Motherboard is partnering with Smart Cities NYC 17 to cover the people shaping our urban environments of today and tomorrow.
Chicago Says It Will Make All City Buildings 100 Percent Renewable By 2025
The Windy City wants to switch its municipal buildings entirely to clean energy in eight years.
Watch Live: Sci-Fi Author Kim Stanley Robinson on Climate Change And Staying Afloat in a Drowned New York
The acclaimed sci-fi author talks to Motherboard about his new novel 'New York 2140', set in a realistically flooded—but still thriving—Gotham.
Rural Communities Are Losing More Forests Than Urban Ones
Americans now live 14 percent farther from forests than they did in 1990.