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New York City's municipal budget relies heavily on the property taxes of extremely high-value real estate. That drives gentrification and distorts local policy in other ways that hurt residents.
Development should not be pursued at the expense of the very people who helped to create value and meaning in the city.
The food system urgently needs to be redesigned if we are to avoid crisis.
Workers with long commutes are more likely to become sick. They also receive less net income (after deducting travel costs) and less leisure time.
Uber's expansion has become a global epic with regional episodes, but the legal conflict in Argentina has even higher stakes.
From Apple Music to Netflix, subscription services are on the rise. It's time transport followed suit.
The digital overlays of Pokémon Go reinvented Sofia’s everyday experiences of mundane spaces. And she became an outstandingly super-cool grandmother in the eyes of her grandson, Diego.
How many opportunities you can reach depends on where you live and how you travel. A new report maps accessibility for our eight capital cities by car, public transport, cycling and walking.
From cobbled laneways to grand buildings, bluestone has a long history in Melbourne – one that starts millions of years ago.
Not all landlords see their properties purely as investments. As welfare reforms take hold, some are starting to take greater responsibility for the well-being of their tenants.
Some previous research suggests people living in rural areas may be at a higher risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. But these results tell a different story.
Some parks reduce violence in the local vicinity. Other parks attract crime. The difference has to do with how these urban green spaces are designed, programmed and managed, experts say.
The more people come to a city, the more demand for buildings is amplified.This demand creates pressure from which a range of agencies, motivations and causes arise.
The relationship between street slang used by young people and secret codes deployed by gang members is not always straightforward.
From Berlin to New York, citizens from around the world have shown that it is possible to get governments to make affordable housing a priority.
Totnes shows how a small, rural town can build community resilience at a time when local budgets are under strain.
Grenfell Tower fire is the kind of tragedy that changes the built environment forever, through new building rules and safety measures.
Driverless cars will form a fast, efficient transport network, which will make car ownership redundant. But they could also spell the end of public transport.
Melbourne and Sydney are members of 100 Resilient CIties, which the Rockefeller Foundation has said it will no longer fund. So what has the global network achieved? And what can we learn from this?
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