City Monitor

Equity

The UK cities with the biggest broadband disparity

Uswitch.com analysed 16,500 consumers’ download speeds, to find the highest and lowest speeds in each major city.

By Katharine Swindells

Photo of The UK cities with the biggest broadband disparity

Guides

How many cities are there in the Republic of Ireland?

By City Monitor Staff

Transport

Upcoming strike action in the UK

By Ben Kosma

Guides

UK house prices continue to fall

By Silvia Pellegrino

Aviation

Has the airline industry finally embraced sustainability?

By Adrian Murdoch

Transport

How will train strikes affect London’s tube and overground?

By Ben Kosma and Sean Martin

Transport

Despite problems with congestion charges, urban infrastructure benefits

By Gary Lai

Data extract – UK household overcrowding

Guides

How many cities are there in Scotland?

By City Monitor Staff

What is an ultra-low emission zone (or a ULEZ to many)?

By Silvia Pellegrino

How many cities are there in Northern Ireland?

By City Monitor Staff

From Cairo to São Paulo: Monorail networks make the case for overland city rail

By City Monitor Staff

Housing

UK census: England and Wales’ most overcrowded cities

In parts of the country, one in five households don’t have enough bedrooms for their family, new UK census data shows.

By Katharine Swindells

Photo of UK census: England and Wales’ most overcrowded cities

Housing

How private renting has grown in England and Wales over the past decade

By Ben Kosma

Affordable housing

Cities in England see a big fall in demand for homes

By Katharine Swindells

Housing

Tens of millions of eligible disabled Americans aren’t receiving housing assistance

By Katharine Swindells

Affordable housing

HDFC and the $1bn Indian affordable housing deal

By Adrian Murdoch

Housing

How rising energy bills are hitting people on prepayment meters

By Katharine Swindells

Affordable housing

London fares worst in the UK’s rising mortgage rates

Community

How an entrepreneur uses Instagram to help her Ukrainian homeland

Ukrainian entrepreneur and social media influencer Mariya Solodar tells Rasika Sittamparam how she is using her reach to help people in her homeland.

Neighbourhoods

The city that formed Volodymyr Zelensky

By Nataliya Gumenyuk

Equity

Income in US cities is most unevenly distributed in a decade

By Katharine Swindells

Community

Albania’s ghost towns: The crisis that caused the exodus

Neighbourhoods

Attacks on Africa’s informal settlements are attacks on women’s economic liberation. Here’s why.

By Gideon Abagna Azunre and Festival Godwin Boateng

Community

London’s population has changed more than you think in the past decade

By Ben Kosma

Equity

How young people can influence the future of their cities

Infrastructure & transport

Infrastructure

Guess which of these cities is the farthest north…

By City Monitor Staff

Construction

The Philippines’ New Clark City looks to house one million residents

By City Monitor Staff

Architecture & design

How better design could help solve the housing crisis

By Hugo Owen

Architecture & design

The battle for Molkenmarkt: Will Berlin turn to its past, present or future?

By Johannes Novy

Technology

The UK enjoys the most internet freedoms. But for how long?

By Afiq Fitri

Rail

Cost concerns could harm Melbourne’s $8–13bn airport rail project

By Lizzie Waymouth

Macroeconomics & politics

Local politics

Even without strong powers, mayors find a way to get things done

Elections

Why your city needs to move its off-cycle elections to even years

By Eric Budd

Civic engagement

Cancelling Camberwell: Why parliamentary boundaries matter

By Sophy Tayler

Civic engagement

Moreton Bay could be Australia’s next new city

Economy

How does UK inflation really compare with the rest of the world?

By Ben Kosma

Elections

How battleground cities in the US swing elections

By Katharine Swindells

Comment

What happens to our free will when tech makes choices for us?

Having the ability to decide either to do something or not, and to act accordingly, is a basic definition of freedom. Smart buildings challenge this freedom.

Partner content

How to make markets a main player in the urban energy transition

Partner content

How Newham can lead the way on net zero

Partner content

City of London Corporation brings stakeholders together to drive climate action

Partner content

Decarbonisation in the capital: London’s journey to net zero

Partner white papers

E.ON Energy Solutions

Achieving net zero: decarbonising the NHS and the public sector

By E.ON Energy Solutions

E.ON Energy Solutions

Electric vs. Petrol

By E.ON Energy Solutions

E.ON Energy Solutions

How is the public sector contributing to the UK’s carbon reduction targets?

By E.ON Energy Solutions

Lead Monitor

The future of sustainability-linked bonds

By LeadMonitor.ai