Population Growth

This interactive map from the BBC tracks growth and urbanization in global cities from 1955 up through 2015.

May 19, 2011 - BBC

Projections of water shortages and predicted changes in the climate mean bad news for water users in the American West.

May 18, 2011 - Miller-McCune

Suburban population growth in the U.S. is still on the rise, but new trends show that those suburbs closest to urban cores and those farthest away are driving the growth.

May 2, 2011 - USA Today

Would you believe its Olive Branch, Mississippi? Since 1990, the Memphis suburb has grown an astonishing 838 percent.

April 29, 2011 - The Commercial Appeal

This interactive visualization presents population data and projections for the world's 590 most populated, showing how their populations compare to one another over time.

April 25, 2011 - Visualizing

The National Journal has created a large, zoomable map of the world showing the footprint of humanity on the Earth.

April 18, 2011 - National Journal

Stray chickens have overrun many parts of New Orleans since it was devastated by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

April 14, 2011 - The New Orleans Times-Picayune

States are rowing in population, but not necessarily in terms of their economies. This post from The Atlantic explores why this presumed relationship isn't actually occurring.

April 5, 2011 - The Atlantic

As population growth and climate change set in, cities in developing countries will face major shortages of freshwater. A new report looks at how those cities could be affected and what preventive steps they should start taking.

April 2, 2011 - Grist

An urban renaissance is underway in Oakland, where a population surge and a fleet of trendy shops has revived parts of a formerly crime-ridden city.

March 21, 2011 - Los Angeles Times

As California's coastal counties see less growth in 2010 Census figures, the state's inland areas could become bigger players in politics.

March 13, 2011 - The Sacramento Bee

The San Francisco Bay Area has seen its smallest rate of growth in the state's history, according to data from the 2010 Census.

March 11, 2011 - The Contra Costa Times

Despite what seemed to be a drained post-industrial condition in the 1970s, Seattle has been growing. This post looks into why.

March 9, 2011 - The New York Times

Long a majority-white city, Salt Lake City is gradually becoming more diverse.

March 1, 2011 - USA Today

Between 2000 and 2010, Oregon jumped from the 28th most populous state to the 27th. This article from The Oregonian looks at what's behind the shift.

February 27, 2011 - The Oregonian

Mega-cities of 10 million people or more are getting a lot of attention these days. But smaller big cities are really where interesting and potentially hazardous growth patterns are occurring, according to this piece.

February 14, 2011 - Citiwire

Struggling cities in the Rust Belt are actually luring a new surge of younger populations, according to this piece from Governing.

February 12, 2011 - Governing

Neither technology nor infrastructure shows any limit for how big or how fast cities can grow and more megacities are on the horizon, according to this piece from Richard Dobbs and Jaana Remes.

February 6, 2011 - What Matters

In an excerpt from his new book, Bill Fulton suggests that it's time for America's cities to focus on prosperity, not population.

January 20, 2011 - Bill Fulton

Urbanization is taking up a rapid pace in China. Though much of the planning going on is of the cookie-cutter variety, some say the Chinese need to pay more attention to growing their cities vertically.

January 14, 2011 - What Matters