Populations grow at geometric or exponential rates in the presence of unlimited resources. Geometric populations grow through pulsed reproduction (e.g., the annual reproduction of deer, which have a ...

In the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, some U.S. leaders and pundits pointed to hard-hit cities such as New York, Milan and Wuhan as proof that population density was to blame for coronavirus ...

Maps are cool, maps are fun, maps show us things in the world that we couldn't otherwise see. Over at The Pudding, Matt Daniels has extruded Developed by Matt Daniels, Human Terrain is an interactive, ...

Big cities with lots of people usually garner images of a fast paced life, where the hustle and bustle of the city is met, and at least tolerated, by those who live there. They live for the "rush" of ...

Our planet offers a remarkable contrast in how people choose to live. While some countries boast mega-cities teeming with millions, others embrace vast, sparsely populated landscapes. Today, we delve ...

University of Melbourne provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation AU. The coronavirus pandemic has left many people questioning the relationship between urban density and healthy ...

A few years ago, Center City Philadelphia rose to the rank of the second most populous downtown district in the United States, predictably landing behind Midtown Manhattan. From 2000 to 2015, ...

Nobody owns more cars than Americans do. According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, there were 248 million light-duty vehicles on the roads in 2016, or about 0.77 cars per person. For most of ...

As Portland's population continues to rise, our small city is becoming increasingly dense. A new infographic from moving blog Sparefoot shows a population of 632,309 residents living within the city's ...