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What exactly is the 'built environment'?And is the term the best way to frame what we're trying to achieve today?
What's really the most dangerous American city? The way crimes are currently counted in the US can easily confuse and mislead.
An algorithm based on commuting patterns makes new 'Greater Glasgow' the biggest local authority in the UK.
It's easy to over-estimate crowding and traffic in highly visible downtown cores and underestimate the vast growth happening in the suburban edges of our metropolitan regions.
Economic polarisation across Europe is becoming an important phenomenon, in part driven by monetary policies that can increase office prices and can even affect the fundamentals that drive the markets.
At 90 years old, the Tyne Bridge shows how a practical piece of infrastructure can become an integral part of a city's culture and identity.
In almost every city, consumer demand and business diversity had a big role to play.
In a context marked by major ecological, social and economic changes, cities are at the heart of transitions.
Today’s urban public spaces tend to represent governments and cities rather than people and citizens. Architects and urban designers should contribute to shaping spaces for freedom and interaction.
Shared equity models have a dual benefit of making home ownership affordable for people on modest incomes and freeing up scarce social housing for other households in need.
The workplace parking levy is a simple idea, but tricky to implement.
Urban growth has had much less impact on commuting distances and times than media reports would suggest. The explanations include jobs being widely dispersed and residents' adaptable decision-making.
Street lighting may not actually reduce crime – but it can make people feel safer at night.
Up to 5,000 refugees flee hunger and chaos in Venezuela each day – a migrant crisis rivaling Syria's. Most arrive to poor South American border cities that are dangerously unprepared for the influx.
Brasília was designed to be a just and inclusive city, but it still failed. Can Egypt's new capital avoid the same mistakes?
Seems humans aren't the only ones moving into cities in ever greater numbers.
Today, 8 out of every 10 Americans live in a city or suburb.
In a world of 24-hour news, night tubes and light pollution, does the traditional night time really still exist?
Cheap flights and irresponsible tourists are causing many holiday destinations to become overrun with visitors.
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