The downsides of being a tech hub: Housing disruption and inequality
San Francisco, Seattle and Dublin show what happens when a city becomes a global hotspot for tech jobs without planning to accommodate growth and change.
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Planning and zoning
Does upzoning drive new development?
Recent research finds that upzoned land in Portland, Oregon, produced three times as much new housing as parcels that remained unchanged, but overall development remained low.
Atlanta is looking for a better way to organise its neighbourhoods. All 242 of them.
The city's outdated system of citizen advisory councils is under review. Here's what needs to change.
Bike riding is up around the world, but it will take bold work to maintain
Thoughtful policies, community engagement and decisive action will be required to hold on to recent gains in bike ridership post-pandemic.
A city leaders’ guide to Joe Biden’s policy agenda
From public transportation to affordable housing to infrastructure, the new US president has outlined a wide range of initiatives that will profoundly affect how cities recover from the pandemic – and beyond.
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Can Atlanta end single-family zoning?
That's just one of the proposals put forth by a new initiative that outlines policy-based solutions for affordable and equitable growth in one of the US's fastest-growing metropolises.
Creating post-pandemic cities with speculative futures
To create more resilient, equitable urban spaces, all voices have to be at the table. An urban designer argues that planning for a future we can't yet see can help us get there.
French cities aim to make housing more secure in the midst of the pandemic
France is experimenting with rent controls to better protect inhabitants and make its housing markets more sustainable.
What can the Biden administration do to reform zoning?
Much depends on control of the Senate, but the administration may have a few tools of its own to encourage cities to change their land-use rules.
Berliners want to expropriate 250,000 homes. Here’s what stands in their way
A group of housing advocates are hoping a new referendum will transfer ownership of a quarter of a million apartments to the people.
How Paris plans to protect its residents from rising heat
Both the city and the greater metro region are taking a comprehensive approach, combining new parks and urban greenery initiatives with big investments in alternative transportation.
Biodiversity activists in the UK are calling for a new urban-planning designation
"Rewilding" places nature at the centre of urban development.
What the pandemic means for NYC’s controversial waterfront rezonings
Developers of projects throughout the city have clashed with neighbourhood activists who fear that rezoning will exacerbate gentrification trends already under way.
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