diff --git a/src/game/engine/src/modules/management/turn_processor.gd b/src/game/engine/src/modules/management/turn_processor.gd
index 601a875b..89c671ee 100644
--- a/src/game/engine/src/modules/management/turn_processor.gd
+++ b/src/game/engine/src/modules/management/turn_processor.gd
@@ -231,7 +231,10 @@ func _process_growth(player: RefCounted) -> void:  # Player
 		if c.population != prev_pop:
 			# Re-assign citizens to tiles after growth or starvation
 			c.auto_assign_citizens(tile_json)
-			EventBus.city_grew.emit(c, c.population)
+			if c.population > prev_pop:
+				EventBus.city_grew.emit(c, c.population)
+			else:
+				EventBus.city_starved.emit(c, c.population)
 
 
 func _sum_city_building_effect(city: CityScript, effect_type: String) -> int:
diff --git a/src/game/engine/src/modules/management/turn_processor_helpers.gd b/src/game/engine/src/modules/management/turn_processor_helpers.gd
index a6f81dc4..2deaa650 100644
--- a/src/game/engine/src/modules/management/turn_processor_helpers.gd
+++ b/src/game/engine/src/modules/management/turn_processor_helpers.gd
@@ -99,7 +99,12 @@ static func process_growth(player: RefCounted) -> void:
 		if city is CityScript:
 			var c: CityScript = city as CityScript
 			var tile_json: String = build_tile_yields_json(c, game_map)
+			var prev_pop: int = c.population
 			c.process_growth(tile_json)
+			if c.population > prev_pop:
+				EventBus.city_grew.emit(c, c.population)
+			elif c.population < prev_pop:
+				EventBus.city_starved.emit(c, c.population)
 
 
 # ── Healing (iter 7w: move to mc-turn::process_healing) ──────────