Thomas Dupont oversees the publication of systematic research reports on long-term urban trends. Based in Geneva, he coordinates multi-institution studies on metropolitan resilience.
Based on the latest research in Scientific Reports, analyze the spatial distribution characteristics and driving factors of 289 national-level intangible cultural heritage items in the Pearl River Basin. From the perspective of global city and regional governance, the article explores the upstream-downstream gradient effect, terrain dominance, and its synergy with transportation in the distribution of intangible cultural heritage, and proposes a differentiated protection framework based on the "source-sink" relationship, providing strategic ideas for the cultural heritage governance of multi-provincial basins.
Oliver Wyman analysis shows that Asia is becoming a new global growth center, with cities like Tokyo, Seoul, and Shanghai dominating business development over the next decade. This fundamental shift in the competitive landscape of cities reflects the long-term reshaping of the economic center of gravity moving eastward, infrastructure advantages, and innovation ecosystems.
China's Shenzhen and Shanghai are competing to become the center of the eVTOL industry, which is not only a technological competition but also a microcosm of urban strategy, national industrial policy, and the restructuring of the global city system. This article analyzes, from the perspective of global city research, how the two cities reshape urban power structures, infrastructure competition, and the logic of urban agglomeration development through the low-altitude economy.
The Chicago Fiscal Future Working Group found that residents are highly concerned about budget issues but lack trust in the decision-making process. The article explores how fiscal sustainability depends on citizen trust rather than just fiscal tools, revealing a core challenge of global urban governance.
The female labor force participation rate in Indian cities with a population of over one million jumped from 19.8% in 2017-18 to 27.2% in 2025. This not only reflects economic progress but also reveals the structural power of cities as engines of social change.
A conservative writer's systematic attack on California's Newsom administration's green agenda reveals a profound shift in U.S. state-level governance from technocratic management to a battlefield of culture wars, and the long-term implications of this for global urban climate strategies.
Decoupling urbanization from concrete consumption is a core challenge for sustainable development in the 21st century. Rapidly developing economies' reliance on concrete is depleting the Earth's resources, yet technological advances have only brought marginal improvements.
The future struggle over Dallas City Hall reflects the deep contradictions facing American urban centers in the post-pandemic era: how to balance historic preservation, connectivity reshaping, and growth pressures? This article analyzes key choices for long-term urban strategies from a global perspective.
Global enterprises are shifting from a single-city concentration to a "location portfolio" strategy, with medium-sized cities and city clusters rising. Thailand's EEC has become an important node thanks to its industries and infrastructure.
Over the past decade, the geographic center of new home construction in the United States has continued to shift toward Texas, Florida, the Carolinas, and some inland Western markets. This is not only a rotation in the housing market, but also a reflection of population migration, affordability constraints, urban governance capacity, and the restructuring of regional competitive dynamics.
In the debate in Seattle over the downtown tunnel and the route of the Ballard light rail, what is really being redefined is not a stretch of track, but how a megacity reshuffles its priorities amid fiscal constraints, growth expectations, and spatial politics.
UK higher education is under pressure from fiscal strain, loan controversy, and quality governance, reflecting changes in the way public policy is delivered under medium-term fiscal constraints.