The oscillation between the attraction of cities and their abandonment represents a recurring pattern in human history. This ...

According to National Geographic, the map depicts distances between gates in the wall surrounding the Mesopotamian city of Nippur, but for decades experts questioned its accuracy. The locations of ...

Chapter 1: Interpreting urband and suburban history. Essays. From the history of the city to the history of the urbanized society / Samuel P. Hays ; The triumph of burbopolis / Michael Pollan ; The ...

The aim of this article is to take stock of nineteenth-century transnational urban history. After a short introduction to transnational history, general urban histories are analysed with respect to ...

The Department of History will host Todd Michney, assistant professor in the School of History at Georgia Institute of Technology, as part of its Guest Lecture Series. Michney will present “Best ...

The World Bank put forth its Urban and Local Government Strategy at a critical time. For the first time in history more than half the world’s people live in cities. Over 90 percent of urban growth is ...

In his fourth solo show at Howard House, Matthew Picton works in Duralar, paper and stick pins to create evocative urban landscapes shaped by war. Israel is shown in three permutations (1936, ...