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  • Monday, 23 November, 2020
    Special Report
    The Future of Cities

    How to make cities more liveable and recycle retail space; three US mayors on the pandemic’s ‘Hunger Games’; smart water infrastructure to fight Covid-19; the resurgence of parks; how to prevent disaster in Manhattan and encourage more walking and cycling everywhere

  • Monday, 23 November, 2020
    Special ReportThe Future of Cities
    How to make cities more liveable after Covid-19

    Different and imaginative uses of space will be crucial to the recovery of urban centres

  • Monday, 23 November, 2020
    Special ReportThe Future of Cities
    Internet of Things help cities clean up their act

    Real-time monitoring is transforming our ability to nip disease outbreaks in the bud

  • Sunday, 18 October, 2020
    Anna Konig Jerlmyr
    ‘Flatten the curve’ of traffic to make cities liveable

    By deploying the strategy used to fight coronavirus, rush hour could be a thing of the past

  • Tuesday, 29 September, 2020
    Robin Harding
    Cities are too resilient to be killed by Covid

    The imagined idyll of rural teleworking is merely an economic chimera

  • Thursday, 23 July, 2020
    Free LunchMartin Sandbu
    The post-Covid future of cities is in our hands Premium

    Whether pandemic changes geographic advantages depends on policy choices

  • Monday, 13 July, 2020
    Special ReportE-mobility
    How e-mobility can find a home in the country

    While electric vehicles and e-scooters are proliferating in cities, challenges remain in rural areas

  • Sunday, 24 May, 2020
    Ben Rogers
    Cities are not dead — they will get younger

    Covid-19 will create opportunities for those who have been shut out of urban areas

  • Friday, 15 May, 2020
    Camilla Cavendish
    The pandemic is killing the attraction of megacities

    You cannot be in the urban swing of things if there is no swing

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  • Friday, 8 May, 2020
    Special ReportConsulting in Emerging Markets
    Tech consultants join Gulf’s fight against Covid-19

    Demand for tech services expected partly to counter pandemic downturn

  • Thursday, 7 May, 2020
    Sidewalk Labs
    Google parent abandons plan for Toronto smart city

    Sidewalk Labs blames coronavirus pandemic for end of three-year project

  • Wednesday, 29 January, 2020
    Special Report
    The Future of the Connected City

    With the adoption of fifth generation mobile networks, AI and the Internet of Things, cities are becoming more connected by the day. How can ‘smart cities’ navigate the challenges ahead?

  • Wednesday, 29 January, 2020
    Special ReportThe Future of the Connected City
    Internet of Things: Smart cities pick up the pace

    Early hype around adoption of IoT networks gives way to realities on the ground

  • Wednesday, 29 January, 2020
    Special ReportThe Future of the Connected City
    Digital twins give urban planners virtual edge

    Online cities are becoming a powerful tool for decision makers

  • Wednesday, 29 January, 2020
    Special ReportThe Future of the Connected City
    Better data paves the way for improved accessibility

    Technology can help tailor infrastructure to cater for people with disabilities

  • Tuesday, 21 January, 2020
    Special ReportHow we will live in 2050
    Hackers of 2050 to target smart cities and deep fakes

    Growing connectivity widens scope for large-scale attacks while AI will exploit users

  • Thursday, 31 October, 2019
    Sidewalk Labs reaches smart-city deal with Toronto

    Alphabet subsidiary scales back ambitions for Canadian city’s waterfront

  • Thursday, 10 October, 2019
    Toronto smart city plan hinges on waterfront land compromise

    Location of new Google HQ could be key for green light to Sidewalk Labs development

  • Tuesday, 17 September, 2019
    FT SeriesCity stats: how rivals measure up
    City stats: Detroit versus Toronto

    US city’s housing market reflects its relative reliance on manufacturing compared with its Canadian neighbour

  • Monday, 5 August, 2019
    John Thornhill
    Smart cities still need a human touch

    Urban experiments in Toronto and Barcelona will inform policymakers around the world

  • Wednesday, 31 July, 2019
    Centrica PLC
    Conn’s strategy given cold shoulder by Centrica investors

    Some question whether British Gas parent has a future, or if it might be snapped up or broken up

  • Sunday, 14 July, 2019
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    The cities of the future should not be dystopian

    Integrated technologies must not become tools of mass surveillance

  • Monday, 24 June, 2019
    Alphabet Inc
    Alphabet reveals plans for Toronto smart city project

    Privacy and regulatory questions still loom over ambitious blueprint

  • Wednesday, 5 June, 2019
    How China’s smart-city tech focuses on its own citizens

    The state spends more on monitoring its people than guarding against foreign threats

  • Friday, 3 May, 2019
    The low-key smart tech that works for cities

    Eye-catching data services do not always improve citizens’ lives. The most innovative are the least obvious

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