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
5 Sep 2014: City links: We explore the centrality of street food to Chengdu’s social life, the trend of parking spaces becoming parks, and a map of Portland’s immorality in this week’s best city stories
22 Aug 2014: City links: The week’s best city stories claim that heritage preservation kills cities, criticise New York for being a ‘Disneyland for hipsters’ and sing happy birthday to Chennai
18 Aug 2014:
As the state has withdrawn, Santiago Cirugeda has stepped in to turn abandoned sites in Seville and other Spanish cities into dramatic art spaces that are inspiring a new breed of architect
23 Jul 2014:
“As precious as gold...” This was how then-president Hu Jintao described Caofeidian during his visit in 2006. It was promised to be ‘the world’s first fully realised eco-city’ – yet 10 years and almost $100bn later, only a few thousand inhabitants have moved to this land reclaimed from the sea
23 Jul 2014:
The Hemakcheat was once one of Cambodia’s most beloved cinemas and Meas Sopheap one of its brightest stars. Today it is a notorious slum, and Meas one of hundreds who shelter there
22 Jul 2014:
With a weak US dollar, strong yuan and China's own real estate market cooling after years of explosive growth, Detroit is an attractive – but high-risk – option for Chinese property developers
Kodak has been hit hard by the digital revolution – and so has its hometown Rochester, New York. Dave Stelfox meets the couple who captured the death of a company town
20 Jun 2014:
From zombie film sets and housing proposals to critiques of suburbia and capitalism, here's how our readers responded to the 'death of the mall'. Share your pictures and stories of vacant shops and malls in your city
The Guardian Cities website is supported by the Rockefeller Foundation. The site offers a forum for debate and the sharing of ideas about the future of cities across the world. All content is editorially independent