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Maputo, Havana, Tokyo, Rotterdam: Four urban planning experts name their favourite cities
More and more people are moving into cities. As growing populations place pressure on urban housing, infrastructure and transport systems,…
London congestion charge has been a huge success. It’s time to change it.
It has been 15 years since London’s congestion charge was introduced by the city’s first mayor, Ken Livingstone.
Can all seven billion humans live a good life, without breaking the planet?
Imagine a country that met the basic needs of its citizens – one where everyone could expect to live a…
Here are the six hottest volcanoes to watch in 2018
The eruption of Mount Agung on the island of Bali has sparked worldwide media interest, yet volcanic eruptions in Indonesia…
Wall Street is now America’s biggest landlord. What does that mean for the American Dream?
Owning a family home in the suburbs has been a cornerstone of the American dream for many generations. But in…
The cornerstone of London’s nighttime economy isn’t nightlife, but nurses, drivers and delivery people
Since the 1950s, New York has been fondly known as the “city that never sleeps”. But over the past decade,…
China’s ‘sponge cities’ aim to re-use 70% of rainwater. Here’s how they do it
Asian cities are struggling to accommodate rapid urban migration, and development is encroaching on flood-prone areas. Recent flooding in Mumbai…
Here’s why cities need to plan for the arrival of driverless cars
Trials of autonomous cars and buses have begun on the streets of Australian cities. Communications companies are moving to deploy…
We can learn a lot from disasters – but some areas never recover
Natural disasters were once regarded as a problem for the developing world, with reports of these rarely leading the news.…
Want to go to Mars? We should mine the moon for rocket fuel first
Forty-five years have passed since humans last set foot on an extraterrestrial body. Now, the moon is back at the…