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Scientists in Spain have reported finding traces of the novel coronavirus in wastewater dating back to March 12, 2019.
The neighbourhoods of Paris, Barcelona and Amsterdam with densities 3-5 times those of Melbourne and Sydney offer an insight into how we could transform our cities for the better.
Social networks tend to encourage behaviour considered deviant by local populations.
From wearables with monitoring chips to face scanners that assess your contentment, workplace surveillance seems to be going in one direction.
The Spanish city is remaking urban neighbourhoods by limiting through traffic in superblocks that give priority to pedestrians and street activities, not cars.
The 'superblocks' are expected to have massive benefits for health and well-being – but it takes good governance.
Cities make their own climate, so such like-for-like comparisons are too simplistic.
The process of radicalisation is a complex system that cannot be reduced to the brain, behaviour, or environment. It exists at the intersection of all these elements.
The future of tourism depends on ensuring visitors do not wear out their welcome. Giving locals more of a say in tourism can help ensure they share in the benefits and minimise the costs.
Smart cities need places for people to engage in meaningful ways, and cohousing is one model of smart citizen development.
Advertising as a life story – this clever campaign branded a Spanish beer with a sense of belonging.
As cities become 'smarter', they need more and more objects fitted with technology. We need to think about designing these objects to accommodate computers, which often break down and create e-waste.
A sociologist interviewed hundreds of immigrants in New York, Barcelona and Paris. Here's what they say those cities get right — and do wrong — when integrating foreign-born residents.
By expanding our understanding of streets and enhancing their design, every street corner could become a space to socialise, to exercise, to play, or to trade.
Want to understand the Catalan election? You need to go back a long way.
At many popular destinations, residents are protesting against crowding, rowdy visitors and low wages. With some research, travelers can use their visits to enrich host areas instead of harming them.
With the rise of the knowledge-based economy, fab labs, maker spaces and more, cities are being transformed into production centres. This dynamic movement is ripe with promise, but also has risks.
We rarely see residents of a city successfully push back in defence of their needs against the power of finance capital, which seeks to make money from the city. But Barcelona shows it can be done.
Barcelona has become the test case for separatists Europe over.
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Professor of Urban Economics & Real Estate, University of Manchester
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Research Lead Sydney Policy Lab, Postdoctoral Fellow Geography, Host of ChangeMakers Podcast, University of Sydney
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Professor of Eurasian Sport | Director of Eurasian Sport, EM Lyon
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Senior Lecturer, School of Languages, Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics, Monash University
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Lecturer in Sport and Fitness, The Open University
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Teaching fellow, University of Stirling
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Professor in Economics, City, University of London
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Senior Research Fellow, Healthy Liveable Cities Group, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University, RMIT University
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Senior Lecturer in Tourism Management, University of South Australia
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Early Career Researcher in Spanish Studies, Queen's University Belfast
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Lecturer in Marketing and Communications, Nottingham Trent University
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Lecturer in Politics, Glasgow Caledonian University
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Senior Lecturer in Spanish, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Head of School, Divinity, History and Philosophy, University of Aberdeen
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Professor of Urban Transport and Public Health, University of Melbourne
