Human settlement patterns have profound consequences for people’s exposure to risk, particularly near the coasts.

The ground under many Chinese cities is continually sinking leading to an increasing risk of flooding in the country's coastal megacities. Almost half of the urban areas in China - 45 percent ...

China already has at least five of the world’s megacities and a dozen more within striking distance. In these cities, at least for now, rural workers remain a socially and legally segregated class.

China has seven megacities with a population of more than 10 million, and as home to 24.87 million people, Shanghai tops them all. The scale of social governance needed for these megacities is ...