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Edmonton : When Your City Being Destroyed Becomes A Privilege
Forget New York, let alone Tokyo: as reader Greg Whistance-Smith points out, the wildly popular Japanese anime show…
2016-07-14
Cities Are Solutions To Many Things Except Happiness?
Recent research suggests that urban dwellers are significantly less likely to be happy than their suburban or rural…
2016-07-13
Why Calgary, A City Centre For Oil, Fights Cars & Suburban Sprawl
Calgary is like any other Canadian city that grew outwards, not upwards. But led by progressive mayor Naheed…
2016-07-13
When Robot Drone Fly To Discover The Inequities Of Its Makers
Although South Africa’s apartheid era ended more than twenty years ago, there is still a palpable economic tension…
2016-07-11
Urban Urban … Not. The Drama Of Interconnected Cities Unfolds.
Are humans now an “urban species”? Do we now live in an “Urban Age”? To understand the contemporary human…
2016-07-11
The Most Fascinatingly Diverse (some say, boring) City Is …
From the endless scandals of Rob Ford to the endless hits of Drake, Stephen Marche reveals the secret…
2016-07-11
Utopia’s British Brutalist Architecture, In [Re]view
A new project by photographer Rory Gardiner and studio esinam highlights the subtle beauties hidden beneath the hard…
2016-07-08
Where The Sea Meets The Sky Is Not The Horizon
Airports need a lot of space, but in the places most in need of air connections — islands…
2016-07-08
Myanmar’s Opium, Illegal Matters Or Lifeline For A Nation?
Rural development programmes to wean poppy farmers off their illicit crop contend with lack of roads, water and…
2016-07-06
Before We Destroyed Cities, We Destroyed Its Soul First
What caused the war in Syria? Oppression, drought and religious differences all played key roles, but Marwa Al-Sabouni…
2016-07-06
Who Ever Said Playgrounds Are Just For The Young?
Cities around the world have been designing outdoor gyms and play areas for older generations to improve fitness…
2016-07-05
Promote Walking For Health? How About For Whimsical Fun?
In Covington, Kentucky, local businesses and design teams collaborated on quirky installations that take up as much space…
2016-07-05
Hong Kong, Hong Kong … Why So Costly … Says Expats
London falls from 12th to 17th place in annual survey amid declining value of pound and EU referendum…
2016-07-04
How Google Searches Maps To Migration, A 12-Year View
An interactive data visualization shows where people are searching for information on moving to G7 countries. Every day,…
2016-07-04
Modern Piercing Weapon Unraveling Ancient Cities Secrets
Archaeologists have discovered several medieval cities, buried beneath the forest floor in Cambodia: the largest is said to…
2016-07-04
Viewpoints & Wisdom For Designing Cities, By Our Elders
From tackling isolation in Leicester to better footpaths in Dhaka, you shared your experiences of how cities could…
2016-06-30
Why Millennials Are Loving These 20 Countries The Most
Millennials are constantly on the move. According to a TransferWise survey conducted in 2015, more than half (55%)…
2016-06-30
How A Tiny Kiwi Town Recruits From The Big Leagues
Kaitangata, on the South Island, is offering new residents attractively priced house and land packages in the hope…
2016-06-30
The Impact Of Brexit Decision Has Both Near & Far-Reaching Implications
From the possibility of a new trade deal to higher tariffs and quotas, here are the key issues…
2016-06-28
The 6 Must Experience Southern Cheeses In The USA
The artisan cheese industry in the southeast U.S. has blossomed. Here are the best examples of great Southern…
2016-06-28
The World’s Past & Future Edo Is An Eco-Solution To City Woes
A major campaign, “Cool Japan”, is underway to promote the nation as a “cultural superpower”. As part of…
2016-06-28
Africa’s Urban Megatrends Can Only Succeed If…
With more than half of Africans expected to live in cities by 2050, we need to turn urban…
2016-06-20
An Artist That Is A Farmer And A Beautiful Solution (Artwork) To Erosion
After a recent bushfire consumed all vegetation on his land, a South Australian farmer Brian Fischer decided to…
2016-06-20
China’s Sansha: An Island That Aims To Claim The Sea
On July 2012, China announced a new prefecture-level city called Sansha whose seat of administration lies on what…
2016-06-17
In Singapore, Coffee Waste Disaster Turned Good Common Sense
Sustainability is a big word to reckon with. The impact of human greed and insatiable mining of this…
2016-06-16
The World’s Largest Adobe City In Chan Chan
Located near the Pacific coast in the Peruvian region of La Libertad, 5 km west of Trujillo, Chan…
2016-06-16
Some Services Simply Needs Government & Cannot Be Privatized
The New South Wales government is set to privatise its land-titling services. This decision may provide the impetus…
2016-06-16
A Most Haunting Sound Situation Between Canada & USA
The low rumbling that’s been reverberating in the Canadian city’s ears for six years is getting louder –…
2016-06-16
Stop Detaching A City’s Life & Fate With The Planet’s
Back in the 1960s, the influential urban planner and journalist Jane Jacobs put American cities under the microscope.…
2016-06-15
Pikeville: Among Biggest Mountain Move, A New City Is Born
Nestled in the Appalachian Mountains, in Kentucky, along the Levisa Fork — a tributary of the Big Sandy…
2016-06-15
Simply Good Ain’t Simple: Why Is Being A Good Country So Hard?
Sweden tops Good Country Index: a radical study that measures the contribution nations make to humanity as a…
2016-06-15
When The Trip To The Airport Is A Journey In Itself
A city always begins with one airport, usually located outside the city limits to allow the city some…
2016-06-13
Why The Price Of Convenience & Technology Is Our Privacy
Futuristic supermarkets promise customers the truth about their shopping, says Prof Carlo Ratti, but what are the retailers…
2016-06-13
A Nostalgic Drive Through World’s Largest Classic Car Junkyard
If you drive 50 miles north of Atlanta, in the U.S. state of Georgia, along Interstate-75 and then…
2016-06-13
Africa: Grow Your Lands, Grow Prosperity
The recovery and acceleration of economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa since about 1995 has been widely recognised. But…
2016-06-08
Aussie’s 2016 Election Has Different Tone & Priority Than USA’s
Rural and regional Australia is a big place. That’s obvious enough. Still, it’s easy to forget that the…
2016-06-08
When Public Spaces Becomes Owned By Private Hands
Recently, San Francisco’s parks department tested a policy which allowed groups to pay to reserve areas of grass…
2016-06-08
How We Treat Bike-Share Determines It’s Fate, Helsinki’s Answer
Earlier this month, Helsinki launched a new bike-share program wholly integrated with the rest of the city’s public…
2016-06-08
A Most Stark & Beautiful Take On A Brutalist World
Peter Chadwick’s new book collates some striking examples of this enduringly popular architectural genre – from the infamous…
2016-06-08
Public Space Design In The US Through 174 Parks In 25 Cities
Evidence continues to accumulate that parks contribute to greater public health, but for whom? One new report demonstrates…
2016-06-07
Pollution Cleanup Is Obviously Costly. Here’s A Possible Answer.
Last week, Portland is expected to become the seventh West Coast city to sue Monsanto, alleging that the…
2016-06-07
Why “Local Food” Needs Cities’ Help To Truly Be Local
From open-air farmers markets to community gardens to farm-to-table menus, the local food movement has been a powerful…
2016-06-03
Top 7 Architecture Wonders You Shouldn’t Miss In Cleveland
Walk down any street in Downtown Cleveland and you’ll know the city had history. The bricks and stones,…
2016-06-03
It Is Obvious To Begin With, Cities Are First & Foremost For People
The federal government’s recently released Smart Cities Plan is built on three pillars: smart investment, smart policy and…
2016-06-03
Top 15 Cities For Women In Tech With Big Dreams
Women in the U.S. tech industry have long faced major disparities in both employment and pay. Last year,…
2016-06-02
Discover A Tale Of Cities, We Missed & Unheard
To complement our 50-part series on the history of urbanisation, our readers shared fascinating stories of the cities…
2016-05-31