China’s urban policy unit just met for the first time in 38 years. Here’s what it recommended
On 21 February, when China’s State Council released a new set of urban development guidelines, it backtracked on many of…
Urbanisation
Six things we learned from the LSE’s interactive map of the world’s largest cities
So, here’s fun. LSE Cities, the London School of Economics’ inventively-named cities programme, has produced an interactive map of the…
ByA church, a library, a youth club, a theatre: how Calais' “Jungle” camp is starting to look like a city
French authorities have given up to 2,000 residents in Calais’ migrant camp one week to move. After that, a whole section…
ByGraveyards of distinctiveness: how cities are making us all the same
The latest column in the “Critical Cities” series, which questions the rise of colossal and globalising “Urban Industry”. Globalisation amounts to tsunami after cultural…
ByHere are three common myths about modern-day cities
Urbanisation is often touted as a solution to the world’s various ills. It’s been heralded as a fix for issues…
ByAgainst the tyranny of progress: How did we come to see urbanisation as a part of human evolution?
This is the third column in the “Critical Cities“ series, which questions the rise of the now colossal and globalising…
BySo can cities really save the world?
Some notes on this summer’s New Cities Summit in Jakarta. Talking about cities is all the rage these days. Experts…
ByEverything you thought you knew about cities is wrong
Alarmingly, everything everyone one thinks they know about urbanization and cities is mistaken, absolutely and entirely. Contrary to the heavily…
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