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This new series will track and highlight the most important initiatives and the policy issues that must be addressed to enable future generations to live healthier and more prosperous urban lives
The FT’s Thriving Cities series asks how we can innovate to make urban living healthier
Nearly 50 rebel ‘blue wall’ MPs sign amendment to make housebuilding targets only advisory
Land value capture can fund new development and ease local fears about lack of infrastructure for new housing
Several projects with disused elevated railway lines launch amid debate about gentrification
Urban centres across Europe are seeking solutions as record summer temperatures threaten to become an annual event
History shows how buildings can be designed for both flexibility and longevity
The continent’s cities will expand fast this century — as will the challenges they face
Mori Building pioneered developing large areas of the city, attracting interest across Asia
Planners must balance post-Covid change, environmental concerns and new technology
How can the tech hub entice remote workers to return downtown after the pandemic?
One Times Square is being rethought for a new era of advertising and tourism
Lessons from the ancients, the modernists and the experience of the pandemic
Urban areas are a large part of the problem — but also central to the energy transition
Her work in the Paris suburb of Ivry-sur-Seine gave choice and diversity to inhabitants
Poorer megacities tend to be designed for rich people who can afford cars. Bikes are the answer
Richard Caring served enforcement notice by London council over ‘incongruous and dominant additions’ to Park House
London’s ‘LTN’ schemes show the difficulty of achieving behavioural change that could help us reach net zero
City’s policy chief looks to stage music and arts festivals in recognition of post-pandemic ‘new normal’
‘SimCity’ launched the genre, but newer titles such as ‘Terra Nil’ and ‘Lichenia’ are more environmentally minded
Government proposals allowing residents to vote on new developments are full of holes
Governments lack the incentive, businesses usually lack the power and almost everyone seems to lack the skill
Local authorities target 15,000 homes that have been abandoned and left to rot after owners died
If we can stop cyclists and cars competing for the same tarmac, maybe travel will become less heated
Weak transport links and low-density housing have made Britain’s urban hubs less pleasant places to live than their EU counterparts
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