Foreign Policy

That was former Medellin, Columbia mayor Sergio Fajardo's plan to rebuild his city, an idea that turned out to be transformational.

Miami could be the next major American city, and one that other global cities should try to emulate, according to this interview with economist Saskia Sassen.

Through the example of the booming megacity of Chongqing, this article explores how urban growth is occurring in China, and what it means to plan a rapidly growing city.

Google CEO Eric Schmidt discusses what makes a city smart and successful in this interview with Foreign Policy.

The rise of megacities and innovation hubs is leading to a balance shift that will make cities, not nations, the most powerful drivers in the world economy, according to Parag Khanna.

Writing in Foreign Policy, Joel Kotkin argues that increasing urbanization and density are not inevitable realities.

Some say the age of mega infrastructure projects is over in the U.S., but this piece from Foreign Policy argues the U.S. megaproject lives on -- just not inside the U.S.

The Legatum Institute, a London think tank, has published a report ranking countries in terms of prosperity. The U.S. took a big hit for health care.

Six of the world's fastest-growing megacities are examined in terms of their most pressing problems and what they are doing to address them.

Is economics is the most scientific of the social sciences? Perhaps, but economists today are still grappling with basic questions. The rest of the social sciences -- such as planning -- are even worse off.