Urban

Borneo Sporenburg occupy two peninsulas in the eastern part of the Amsterdam. Once an active shipping dock, it now includes 2500 low-rise dwelling units master-planned...Read more

San Francisco was first settled by Europeans in 1769. It gained its significance as a major economic hub in 1849 due to the discovery of...Read more

Cinta Costera is a major road improvement project located on the shores of Panama City. It is a bypass route construct- ed to aid the...Read more

Initially an anchorage for imperial envoys traveling to China, Kobe (formerly Hyogo) has a long history of international maritime activity. During the late Medieval era,...Read more

Located on Zwijn Estuary, Bruges was a landing area for seafaring merchants as early as the 7th century AD. By the 12th century, Bruges obtained...Read more

After enduring frequent land-based attacks from Germanic Lombards, the Doge founded the city of Venice in 810 AD when he moved his capital from nearby...Read more

By the mid 1600s, Stockholm outgrew the three islands it originally inhabited. As such, the city walls were dismantled and the city was expanded both...Read more

Prior to its development as an important trading zone for the British Empire, the island of Singapore was occupied by Malay fishermen and the indigenous...Read more

Initially home to the Tongva and Chumash peoples, the Port of Los Angeles area (then San Pedro) was colonized by Spain in the late 1700s...Read more

Originally the largest alluvial plain in Japan’s Kinki region, the large flat area upon which Osaka sits was created by the sedimentation of several rivers,...Read more