Tourists and homeless people share many common spaces, but homeless people are seen as being out of place.
Academic rigour, journalistic flair
Articles on Urban life
Displaying 21 - 40 of 106 articles
People moving to new cities build new connections and develop resources to meet their needs. But the pandemic has cut off access to the spaces and facilities that enable this.
Frederick Law Olmsted, the designer of many great North American city parks, understood that ready access to nature made cities healthier places to live.
As lockdowns ease off, there is a danger that the old city traffic jams will soon be back with a vengeance.
We sorely miss our regular haunts during the coronavirus lockdown not only because we like them but also because a healthy society needs places where people can gather, mix and mingle.
Cities can learn from past pandemics to see how communities and lifestyles are shaped by outbreaks.
The impacts of coronavirus on cities are extraordinarily difficult. Yet around the world, cities are responding rapidly and decisively to the crisis and its implications for urban life.
Lockdown should be nuanced to the South African context of overcrowded accommodation and high levels of domestic violence. Permitting cigarette purchases and exercise might assist.
The lockdown has seen Italy’s urban life shift to new spaces.
Fare free public transport exists in at least 98 cities and towns around the world.
Traffic congestion causes more problems than just being stuck in traffic. There are real effects on the health, quality of life and wallets of taxpayers.
When mapping deprivation, using traditional boundaries can distort the data and distract readers from important information.
According to a new smart cities index, the real test for smart cities is whether citizens feel the benefits.
Urban dwellers who live in informal city settlements have limited access to basic services, and many of them don’t own the land they live on.
Governments should change their approach by deepening collaboration with citizens to ensure delivery of urban infrastructure
Development should not be pursued at the expense of the very people who helped to create value and meaning in the city.
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.
Canadian researchers have mapped smart city technologies throughout the country. The interactive map is intended to inform urban residents of the locations of technologies that may affect privacy.
Run, leap, scramble…it’s parkour! Science can help you run up walls more efficiently, and chose the best way to land from a height.
We see the daily commute as a waste of time. But there’s another way to see the experience: a whole life in the events and memories we form during these journeys, which change us as human beings.
Job Board
-
Administration Lead
-
Economics Editor
-
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Strategy and Services)
-
Chief People & Culture Officer
-
Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Construction and Project Management
Top contributors
-
Associate Professor, Institute for Management & Innovation, University of Toronto
-
Professor of Architecture and Urban Design, The University of Melbourne
-
Associate Professor, Human Resources, Thompson Rivers University
-
Associate Professor, School of Built Environment, UNSW Sydney
-
Lecturer, Kumasi Technical University
-
Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning and Urban Design, The University of Melbourne
-
Co-Director, Initiative on Cities, Boston University
-
M.S. Candidate, Community and Regional Planning, The University of Texas at Austin
-
Director, Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, The University of Melbourne
-
Assistant Professor of Community and Regional Planning and Director, Urban Information Lab, The University of Texas at Austin
-
Professor of Urban Policy and Director, Urban Futures Enabling Impact Platform, RMIT University
-
Adjunct Professor, Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University
-
Senior Research Fellow in Urbanism, University of Sydney
-
Lecturer in Quantitative Social Sciences, University of Sheffield
-
Professor Sustainability and Urban Governance, RMIT University
