This phenomenon is called counter-urbanisation. The term is coined as the diffusion of an urban population to remote high-quality environments. It mainly happens due to the desire of getting away ...

When observing the chaotic, burgeoning growth of the modern city, the more erudite of urban planners will reminisce wistfully on how different it is from its ancient Greek counterpart, the polis ...

After Covid-19, the phenomenon of 'counter-urbanisation' is growing in China, with new resources and talents moving from the cities to rural areas to set up businesses. With a positive economic ...

Now we can apply this knowledge to answer the original question of ‘why is Richmond undergoing rapid urbanisation?’ Well this is because of two things: counter urbanisation and suburbanisation.

Jiang said the government won't allow counter-urbanization by urban residents seeking to buy rural land and build houses on it. "No room for bargain" More large cities have emerged in China ...

With more than two major earthquakes and floods in less than a decade, there is still no solution in sight for unplanned urbanisation in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. The proposed physical planning act has ...