Southampton's cruise terminals and docks give the city a logistical advantage in a post-Brexit and Covid environment, but will this translate into attracting much-needed investment?
The UK's departure from the EU left Northern Ireland, and its capital Belfast, in a unique position, given its border with member state Ireland. This offers the city an appealing message to take to investors.
Can bookstores build community? Proponents in Milan of a recently passed law that regulates discounts and promotes literacy think so.
Advocates are hopeful that the experience of the pandemic could help officials at all levels of government see how achievable pivoting to more sustainable transport options can be.
Outdated travel prediction systems are getting in the way of more efficient and equitable transportation. Urban planners Claire Fram and Richard de Cani of Arup believe there's a solution.
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Local authorities have been dismantling the most popular piece of playground equipment, potentially furthering inequities in access to outdoor recreation.
When Mexico City's subway system suffered a major outage, Google Maps added information about the metropolis's vast network of informal providers to help people get around.
US cities saw a spike in homicides in 2020, but historical data shows that economic conditions don't offer a simple explanation.
In the era of Covid, the effect of tobacco on health has proved to be even more dangerous. Some locales are responding by banning all smoking in public places.
New forms of urban air mobility like drones are getting more attention. The technology is here, but is public acceptance?
Heating homes with excess heat from power plants instead of individual boilers seems like a climate no-brainer, but given its historical reliance on coal, does the technology have a place in the clean-energy transition?
New research addresses a question that's incredibly difficult to answer and may hold clues to solving the affordable-housing puzzle.
Growing backlash against big technology companies, combined with the pandemic, has led to diminishing enthusiasm for a term that once dominated the conversation around the future of cities.
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