Society

These right-wing rebels, including the FDN, opposed the socialist Sandinista government of Nicaragua from 1979 to 1990.

August 8, 2019 11:00

Indo-Mauritians is the largest ethnic group of Mauritius.

August 7, 2019 14:53

Boston's Big Dig was the most expensive highway project of all time in the United States, and took 16 years to complete.

August 7, 2019 13:54

A smart city is an urban development which incorporates technology into its formation.

August 7, 2019 13:39

Introduced by British author Sir Howard, the garden city movement was intended to establish perfectly planned cities.

August 7, 2019 12:47

An area becomes an edge city when there is a concentration of firms, and entertainment and shopping centers in a previously known rural or residential area.

August 7, 2019 12:41

The Concentric Zone Model was the first model to describe the distribution of various social groups in cities.

August 7, 2019 12:36

​A Broadacre city as a concept visualized by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

August 7, 2019 12:27

Le Corbusier was a Swiss-French architect, known for being a pioneer of modern architecture.

August 7, 2019 12:15

New urbanism is an approach to urban design that promotes environmental sustainability economic growth and healthy neighborhoods through walkability.

August 7, 2019 12:00

There are several countries and territories around the world that are nearly entirely urbanized. What are the implications of this?

August 7, 2019 11:36

Only 11.6% of the population of the UAE comprises of ethnic Emiratis.

August 6, 2019 16:57

Kuwaitis account for 30.4% of the population of Kuwait.

August 6, 2019 13:33

Jordan is an Arab nation found in West Asia sharing its borders with Syria, Israel, Iraq, the West Bank, and Saudi Arabia.

August 2, 2019 13:38

Liechtensteiners make up the majority of Liechtenstein's population.

August 2, 2019 13:15

Mogadishu along the coast of the Indian Ocean is the Somalian capital, and houses around one-fifth of its people.

August 2, 2019 11:52

In the aftermath of the Somali Civil War, Puntland declared itself an autonomous state in 1998, yet it remains largely unrecognized internationally.

August 2, 2019 10:06

Swimming pools have roots that date back to prehistoric times. However, they did not become popular in the mainstream until the post World War era.

August 1, 2019 16:50

Nigeria is a multilingual nation with over 520 languages being spoken in the country.

August 1, 2019 12:15

While almost all Nigerians are either Christian are Muslim, many continue to mingle these faiths with indigenous beliefs.

August 1, 2019 11:14