19 Oct 2014:
It’s meant to curb sprawl and give city dwellers the benefits of the country. But some feel it protects the rich, stops houses being built and promotes commuting. By Rowan Moore
10 Oct 2014:
Mature cities can adapt and new cities can design themselves to be climate resilient from the start. Alongside unavoidable expenditure come potentially lucrative benefits for innovative businesses providing solutions – and the prize is a big one
3 Oct 2014:
The development of engineered timber could herald a new era of eco-friendly ‘plyscrapers’. Christchurch welcomed its first multistorey timber structure this year, there are plans for Vancouver, and the talk is China could follow
30 Sep 2014:
As migrants pour into Hyderabad and other Indian cities, chronic conditions such as obesity and heart disease are on the rise. Now a groundbreaking research project wants to establish if this urban lifestyle is doing more harm than good
24 Sep 2014:
In the first in an occasional series looking at how to make cities fairer for all, four leading academics propose the ‘grounded city’ – where sustainable transport, accessible broadband and modest housing take precedence over ostentatious tower blocks
19 Sep 2014: City links: From a proposed cable car network in the Big Apple to mapping urban animals in India and finding out the world’s most photographed city, we round up the week’s best city stories
17 Sep 2014: Dr Joan Clos: The future of our planet depends on cities. UN-Habitat and Guardian Cities want you to share the ideas that are transforming your metropolis for the better. Have your say ...
17 Sep 2014:
Affordable housing quotas get waived and the interests of residents trampled as toothless authorities bow to the dazzling wealth of investors from Russia, China and the Middle East
13 Sep 2014:
Every September, tens of thousands of grafting Londoners used to decamp to the hop fields. Today a different type of Londoner has a taste for craft beers. A pioneering art/social project united the two tribes, writes Tim Adams
11 Sep 2014:
Hull’s twin loss of its fishing and shipping industries consigned it to a future of poverty, isolation and even ridicule. But now all that is about to change, because the city is putting its faith back in the North Sea
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