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  "id": 16799611,
  "title": "Urban infrastructure grows more slowly than population, global analysis finds",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/urban-infrastructure-grows-more-slowly-than-population-global",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-27T20:40:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-10-urban-infrastructure-slowly-population-global.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "As cities grow in population, they grow proportionally in terms of infrastructure—new buildings, paved streets and parking lots. Or so says conventional wisdom. However, a new study by a team of New York University researchers dispels this thinking.",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}