NYU Stern Urbanization Project

The Urban Expansion Program, represented by Nicolás Galarza, was invited to participate in the Conference on Planning for Rapid Urbanisation in the Commonwealth that took place in London on February 22nd and 23rd. This conference was sponsored by the Prince's Foundation in partnership with UN-Habitat and served as an opportunity to work towards a methodology for implementing the New Urban Agenda.

Plans for Rapid Urbanization in the Commonwealth | Marron Institute

Are government policies limiting mobility and stifling the economy? That's what a Yale law professor argues:

Why Did Americans Stop Moving? A U.S. Census analysis finds the lowest mobility rate since it started measuring it in 1948. What keeps us stuck in place?

A Stern Signature Project focusing on urbanization in Ethiopia is featured; MBA-MFA student Ria Tobaccowala, MBA student Sarada Anne and Research Scholars Shlomo Angel and Patrick Lamson-Hall are quoted:

"Participation in the projects 'widens students’ perspective of humanity', says Shlomo 'Solly' Angel, a professor at NYU’s Marron Institute of Urban Planning. 'Projects like this have nothing to do with making money,' he says. 'They have to do with students getting acquainted with people who are so different from them in terms of culture, income and outlook.'"

MBA students help Ethiopia tackle the impact of urbanisation Project aims to widen team’s world view and make population growth greener

Shlomo Angel, the Director of the Urban Expansion Program and a Professor of City Planning at the Marron Institute, was cited in a Citiscope article by Gregory Scruggs.

The article discusses the recently released Atlas of Urban Expansion - 2016 Edition. Scruggs "asked Angel identify several cities from the Atlas that demonstrate challenges or opportunities for cities of the future. He picked three pairs of cities that offer intriguing comparisons when it comes to expansion, density and a city’s overall well being."

Multimedia project shows the ever-changing shape of cities | Citiscope The new Atlas of Urban Expansion draws on old and new data to paint a picture of what massive urban growth really means.

We're overwhelmed by the interest in our Atlas! This is the line to get into the launch event. If you couldn't get in today, please join us at our spillover event, tomorrow at 1pm on the next World Stage in Pavilion B.

ICYMI, our Atlas of Urban Expansion website is now live! Created in collaboration with UN-HABITAT and Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, the Atlas of Urban Expansion collects and analyzes data on the quantity and quality of urban expansion in a stratified global sample of 200 cities.

To explore the Atlas and download the underlying data, please visit the website:

Atlas of Urban Expansion - Home As of 2010, the world contained 4,231 cities with 100,000 or more people. The Atlas of Urban Expansion collects and analyzes data on the quantity and quality of urban expansion in a stratified global sample of 200 cities. The Atlas presents the output of the first two phases of the Monitoring Global...

Shlomo Angel, the director of the Urban Expansion Program, shares insights on managing urban expansion.

It's time to stop the hand-wringing and face up to urban sprawl Decades of empty complaints about sprawl have only made things worse

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Come find us at Habitat III!

"To date, there has been little scientific understanding of broad global patterns related to how city borders, systems, and land-use patterns are changing. But the newly revised, second edition of the online Atlas of Urban Expansion, first published in 2012, aims to fill this crucial gap in knowledge.

Produced through a partnership among UN-Habitat, the New York University Urban Expansion Program, and the Lincoln Institute, the new Atlas performs very precise analysis of satellite imagery, coupled with population figures and other data, to study the changing nature of cities observed from 1990 to the present.

The full report and data are set to be unveiled this October at the global cities summit in Quito, Ecuador, as part of the implementation of the United Nations" .

Boundary Issues Cities around the world seem to be stretching out physically and consuming land at a rate that exceeds population growth. As populations double, land use triples.

T-9 days until Habitat III in Quito! Don't miss out on seeing our team's presentations!

Habitat III is the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development to take place in Quito, Ecuador, from 17 – 20 October 2016. Our Urban Expansion team will be attending to present on the results of the Monitoring Global Urban Expansion research program.

In addition to four visual displays highlighting new findings, animations of 30 historical cities, and a history of world urbanization, which will be located throughout the Habitat III venue, our team will also be hosting two different discussions, listed below:

Monday, Oct 17, 09:30 - 10:30 - Plans of Action for Urban Expansion: Advances, Findings, and Moving to Scale

Wednesday, Oct 19, 12:00 - 12:45 - Presenting the new Atlas of Urban Expansion: 2016 Edition

Come find us at Habitat III! | Marron Institute Habitat III is the UN Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development to take place in Quito, Ecuador. Our Urban Expansion team will be attending to present on the results of the Monitoring Global Urban Expansion research program.

The open-source mapping company Mapbox released a call for applications this week.

The company "is rolling out Mapbox Cities, a new “mentorship” program that, for now, will give three cities the tools and support they need to solve some of their most pressing urban challenges."

Mapbox's New Mentorship Program Is Aimed at Smart Cities The open-source mapping company is starting a new “mentorship” program to help cities harness big data.