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The Mongolian capital is spreading outward as migrants from the countryside fill neighborhoods on the fringes of the city.
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It was here the founders shaped the future of American government.
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New research quantifies how plants along urban roads, in parks, and in wooded neighborhoods can regulate the warming effects of urbanization.
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Acquired in the summer of 2002, these color-coded images compare the urban heat islands of Buffalo, New York, and Providence, Rhode Island.
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Surface temperatures in the city can rival the desert. White or "green" rooftops can change that.
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Civic officials from Rio and scientists from NASA are talking about ways the city can combat rising urban temperatures.
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There were few Indian rulers as passionate about architecture as Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh, the founder of Jaipur.
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Québec City is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the Americas, and the one that still feels closest to its roots.
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After a catastrophic earthquake left Port-au-Prince in a shambles, many people flocked to the new city of Canaan in search of a better life.
Nearly 10 percent of Brazil’s population lives in São Paulo, which ranks as the tenth largest city in the world.
Seawalls and dredging have created new real estate along the city’s coastlines.
The bright lights of Shanghai’s city center and the distinctive new skyscrapers that form the skyline along the Pudong district make for spectacular night viewing from space.