Community

Examining the heart of community matters, looking at what affects the neighbourhoods in which we live. Whether that be the urban policy shaping our streets or the state of the service on which we all rely.

Neighbourhoods

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

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

By Gideon Abagna Azunre and Festival Godwin Boateng

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

By Ben Kosma

How young people can influence the future of their cities

By Stefan Germann

Which European cities have the largest Christmas markets?

By Silvia Pellegrino

New census data shows how the pandemic affected the racial diversity of US cities

By Katharine Swindells

Culture

What are the most visited cities in the world?

By Silvia Pellegrino

Weston-super-Mare’s See Monster: The good and the bad of pop-up attractions

London dethroned as the ‘best city in the UK’

By Ben Kosma

Eurovision 2023 shortlist: Seven cities in the running to host in the UK

By Silvia Pellegrino

Place branding: 6 reasons why a city might fail

By Ryan Tym

Levelling up: How outdoor culture can improve urban life

By Louise Blackwell

Public health

The most dangerous roads in the UK for cyclists and pedestrians revealed

By Katharine Swindells

More than 4,400 cyclists were killed or seriously injured on British roads last year

By Katharine Swindells

Which country in Europe runs the best eHealth services?

By Afiq Fitri

A new era of harm reduction: Will the US finally embrace safe drug consumption sites?

By Katharine Swindells

Met Office warns of ‘exceptional’ fire risk in UK cities

By Silvia Pellegrino and Ben Kosma

The year of the wasp: Coming to a city near you

By City Monitor Staff

Policing

How consumer technology is creating new channels for police surveillance

By Greg Noone

Policing in America is broken

By Emily Tamkin

Law enforcement is ‘failing to protect governments against ransomware’

By Claudia Glover

Recessions and violent crime don’t go hand in hand

By Jake Blumgart

US cities saw a historic homicide increase in 2020

By Jake Blumgart

Austin is funding homelessness services by defunding police

By Camille Squires

Equity

Equity

The stark disparity across internet access in the US

By Katharine Swindells

Poverty

UK census: Tower Hamlets has the worst child poverty rates in the UK

By Nikki Peach

Housing

Is small and sustainable housing really possible? In conversation with Anitra Nelson

By Liam Murphy

Community

How the UK’s cost-of-living crisis is hitting the summer holidays

By Katharine Swindells

Green space

Why urban green space needs to do more to serve diverse communities

By Katharine Swindells

Economy

How climate action can help address gender inequality

By Virginia Furness