In the past three decades, Quito’s urban area has more than quadrupled.
Published Sep 30, 2019
The Mongolian capital is spreading outward as migrants from the countryside fill neighborhoods on the fringes of the city.
Published Jun 4, 2019
It is the capital of Utah, headquarters of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and “the crossroads of the West.”
Published Jan 6, 2014
Nearly 10 percent of Brazil’s population lives in São Paulo, which ranks as the tenth largest city in the world.
Published Jul 9, 2014
Buenos Aires is one of the larger cities seen by orbiting crews. Twelve million people, almost one third of all Argentines, live in this city, often called the “Paris of the South”.
Published Mar 16, 2003
The population of Turkey’s economic and cultural center has exploded in recent decades.
Published Jan 28, 2012
Acquired September 24, 2009, this false-color image shows the rapidly growing city of Kabul, Afghanistan. Vegetation is green, urbanized areas are gray to black, and bare ground is beige to red-brown.
Published Jan 3, 2010
The fast-growing city of Cairo has spilled onto desert plains well beyond the lush floodplain of the Nile River.
Published Apr 2, 2020
Québec City is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the Americas, and the one that still feels closest to its roots.
Published Feb 12, 2018
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.
Published Apr 16, 2012
It was here the founders shaped the future of American government.
Published Jul 4, 2017
Several new farms, parks, gardens, and tree-planting projects have made Al Ain one of the greenest cities in the Middle East.
Published Sep 6, 2015
Juba, a port city on the White Nile, is the capital of the new nation of South Sudan and is one of the fastest growing cities in the world.
Published Jul 2, 2012
