We’re still in the early days of understanding how cities work. But we do know that creative, healthy and productive cities have certain things in common – and it’s all to do with their ‘urban DMA’.
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Crime is declining, but people are getting more and more defensive about their homes.
Airbnb may have faced eviction in New York, but it has a great relationship with the authorities in most other cities around the world.
Modern life is stressful – here’s how to make your local neighbourhood a haven.
Nation states, UN bodies and civil society gathered in Quito for Habitat III to adopt the New Urban Agenda. So how will the UN’s new global urban roadmap transform our cities over the next 20 years?
As many as 30,000 delegates gathered to decide the future of cities for the next 20 years – here’s how it played out.
Over the next 20 years, one global strategy will help to shape our cities. Here’s what it says about women.
As cities trumpet their liveability, creativity and greenness, many informal settlement activities are often relegated to the shadows.
Bringing a broader, more diverse nightlife to cities will be key to ensuring they thrive in the 21st century.
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The need for new housing solutions for these low-income groups is clearly a pressing requirement.
Do you ever feel that the weather is worse on the weekend? Well you might be right!
Three researchers examine the big challenges of urban development: from city leadership to lock-ins.
A report from Habitat III in Ecuador, where 50,000 delegates are trying to change the world.
By focusing on intergenerational inequalities that will eventually be reversed, we are framing the housing affordability question the wrong way.
In a busy city like London, green space is a valuable commodity.
Recently published research has found that the concentration of poorer people in hotter places is a real problem for cities’ capacity to cope with climate change.
With burgeoning need and an aid system that is failing to cope, what meaning does ‘resilience’ have?
This global conference will set out how cities should develop over the next 20 years, tackling some of humankind’s toughest issues.
Here’s how social and political power can come together in cities, to counteract the focus on short-term profit.
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John Rennie Short est un·e ami·e de La ConversationProfessor Emeritus of Public Policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Head of Urbanism and Associate Professor of Urban Studies, School of Architecture, Design and Planning, University of Sydney
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Professor of Sustainability, Curtin University
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Professor of Urban Policy and Director, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University
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Professor of Human Geography and Planning, University of Tasmania
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Transport and Cities Program Director, Grattan Institute
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Senior Lecturer in Urban and Environmental Planning, Griffith University
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Adjunct professor, School of Media and Communications, RMIT University
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Associate Professor in Urban Planning, The University of Queensland
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Housing Policy Researcher, Expert Advisor, Housing Assessment Resource Tools and Adjunct Professor, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Associate Professor of Urban Planning, The University of Melbourne
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Emeritus Professor, University of Sydney
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Professor of Housing Research and Policy, and Associate Director, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Sydney
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Professor of Housing Research, University of Adelaide
