Cities are productive systems through which most of the 21st century challenges such as poverty, inequality, unemployment, environmental degradation, and climate change can be addressed.

The NCES locale framework is composed of four basic types (City, Suburban, Town, and Rural) that each contains three subtypes. It relies on standard urban and rural definitions developed by the U.S. …

There are no statutory rules dictating when a municipality is a “town” or a “city.” It appears that a town can act locally to change itself to a city. The last city to be incorporated in Connecticut was Groton, in …

Austin–Round Rock, TX, gains one position, becoming the best-performing large city for the first time since 2013. The metro area’s ascent to the top is largely due to its rapid growth in jobs, wages, and …

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In "What Is a City?” Mumford lays out his fundamental propositions about city planning and the human potential, both individual and social, of urban life.

Cities in Minnesota are classified by population for legislative purposes. This publication explains the classifications and provides a breakdown of the number of cities and people within each class. …