All articles by Drew Reed
Drew Reed
Can this “rolling shelter” help improve lives for the homeless?
As economic inequality continues to rise in many countries, cities around the world are dealing with increasing levels of homelessness.…
Bernie Sanders cut his teeth as mayor of Burlington, Vermont. Now he's running for US president
On a clear spring day in Burlington, a crowd gathered in a local park to welcome back a hometown hero:…
Will the population of Rio really benefit from hosting next year’s Olympic Games?
Eduardo Paes looked right at home on the TED talk stage. Giving a talk in 2012, the mayor of Rio de Janeiro…
Are natural disasters like the Nepal earthquake the Achilles heel of “slum upgrading”?
In Pune, India, just over 1,000 miles south of the epicentre of the earthquake that recently devastated Nepal, residents of…
Paris is expanding its city limits to include its suburbs. Here are five other cities that should do the same
The French-speaking residents of Grigny, a suburb of Paris, may not be aware that, to English speakers, their city’s name…
San Diego's Panama-California Expo turns 100 this year. Here’s what today’s mega-events can learn from it
Modern urban mega-events have a nasty reputation for sucking up local funds and leaving costly and unsightly white elephants, instead…
Your local indie coffee shop may be a Stealth Starbucks
Coffee giant Starbucks is always looking for new ways to tighten its grip on the coffee market. Last year, to…
Buenos Aires moves to revive the largest railway network in Latin America
If you wanted a glimpse of what life in rural Argentina is like, you couldn’t do much better than the…
Sao Paulo combats crippling water shortage
Brazil is known for many things: football stars, samba, its powerful alcoholic beverage known as “cachaça”, and of course, the…
LA's streetcars: still shaping the city’s development 50 years after closing
When people think of Los Angeles, one image that might come to mind is, appropriately enough, from LA Story. The…