Editing Urban exploration (section)

==Popularity==
The rise in urban exploration's popularity can be attributed to increased media attention. Recent television shows such as ''Urban Explorers'' on the [[Discovery Channel]], ''[[MTV's Fear]]'', and the ''[[Ghost Hunting]]'' exploits of [[The Atlantic Paranormal Society]] have packaged the hobby for a popular audience. The fictional film ''After...'' (2006), a hallucinatory thriller set in Moscow's underground subways, features urban explorers caught up in extreme situations. Talks and exhibits on urban exploration have appeared at the fifth and sixth [[Hackers on Planet Earth]] Conference, complementing numerous newspaper articles and interviews.

Another source of popular information is ''[[Cities of the Underworld]]'', a documentary series that ran for three seasons on the [[History (U.S. TV channel)|History Channel]] starting in 2007.  This series roamed around the world, showing little-known underground structures in remote locales and right under the feet of densely packed city-dwellers. Websites for professional and hobby explorers have been developed to share tips and locations.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Mele|first=Christopher|date=2020-07-27|title=Urban Explorers Give Modern Ruins a Second Life|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/27/us/abandoned-properties-to-explore.html|access-date=2020-08-16|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

With the rise in the hobby's popularity, there has been increasing discussion of whether the extra attention has been beneficial.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-03-18 |title=Urban explorers risking lives and arrest for social media glory, say experts |url=http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/mar/18/urban-explorers-arrest-social-media-base-jumper-free-running-parkour |access-date=2022-12-09 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref>