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Urban age at 10

Urban age is a worldwide investigation into the future of cities, organised by LSE Cities and Deutsche Bank’s Alfred Herrhausen Society. Its 10-year anniversary debates are held in conjunction with Guardian Cities

12 July 2016

  • Nanpu Bridge at night. Shanghai, China

    The curse of urban sprawl: how cities grow, and why this has to change

    The total area covered by the world’s cities is set to triple in the next 40 years – eating up farmland and threatening the planet’s sustainability. Ahead of the latest Urban Age conference, Mark Swilling says it is time to stop the sprawl

30 November 2015

  • The Mermaid Parade, Coney Island.

    Beyond the maximum: cities may be booming, but who's invited to the party?

    New York, like Rio, like Mumbai, seems to be flourishing – but who exactly is it going well for? To build a great city, a just city, we have to look at who’s included and who’s excluded, writes Suketu Mehta

27 November 2015

  • Richard Sennett

    The world wants more 'porous' cities – so why don't we build them?

    Richard Sennett
    People of all classes, races and religions come and go in intense and complex Nehru Place. But while Delhi’s electronics market is every urbanist’s dream, it is not the sort of space most cities are building

26 November 2015

  • Urban Age data

    How connected is your city? Urban transport trends around the world

    Cities in numbers: The densest cities can be the most efficient, lively and sustainable – but only if they boast effective management and design to minimise overcrowding and pollution

25 November 2015

  • Who governs London?

    Who runs our cities? How governance structures around the world compare

    As the planet becomes more urbanised and cities become larger, more complex and fragile, questions about governance become ever more significant

24 November 2015

  • Manhattan Office Vacancy Rate Drops In Second Quarter<br>Office and residential buildings stand in the financial district of Manhattan in this aerial photograph taken over New York, U.S., on Wednesday, July 7, 2010. Manhattan's office vacancy rate dropped for the first time in three years in the second quarter as almost 7 million square feet of leases were signed, brokerage Cushman & Wakefield Inc. said. The falling vacancy in New York, the country's biggest and costliest office market, contrasted with the national vacancy rate of 17.4 percent, the highest level in 17 years. Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images AMERICA; AMERICAS REAL ESTATE; LAND; PROPERTY OFFICE; OFFICE BUILDING VACANCY; VACANCIES BUSINESS; FINANCE BUILDING; BUILDINGS SKYSCRAPER; SKYSCRAPERS AERIAL; AERIALS

    Who owns our cities – and why this urban takeover should concern us all

    Saskia Sassen
    The huge post-credit crunch buying up of urban buildings by corporations has significant implications for equity, democracy and rights

23 November 2015

  • Urban growth per hour in selected world cities

    Cities in numbers: how patterns of urban growth change the world

    Beneath the crude statistic that the world is heading towards 70% urbanisation by 2050 lie regional differences in demographic, economic and environmental change. LSE Cities’ Urban Age programme takes a deeper look at the data

22 November 2015

  • Millau Bridge France<br>16 Dec 2004 --- Viaduc de Millau, France --- Image by © Michael Reinhard/Corbis

    Norman Foster: ‘I have no power as an architect, none whatsoever’

    The architect Norman Foster says we must plan for a more sustainable lifestyle – and discusses his disappointment at the likely rejection of his Thames Hub airport

20 November 2015

  • The Bakara market area of Somalia’s capital Mogadishu.

    It's time to rethink the entire role and language of architecture

    Alejandro Aravena
    As director of the 2016 Venice Biennale, Alejandro Aravena is on a mission to harness the knowledge of other disciplines, embrace the insights of untrained citizens, and take architecture to new frontiers

19 November 2015

  • Smog envelops buildings on the outskirts of the Indian capital New Delhi

    Climate change and cities: a prime source of problems, yet key to a solution

    Ahead of the COP21 UN climate summit, Nicholas Stern and Dimitri Zenghelis argue that the choices cities make today on transport and industry will determine whether the world can benefit from resource-efficient growth

16 November 2015

  • An aerial view shows the skyline of central Shanghai, along the Huang Pu river<br>An aerial view, released April 14, 2010, shows the skyline of central Shanghai, along the Huang Pu river March 28, 2010. Picture taken March 28, 2010. REUTERS/Shanghai Pacific Institute for International Strategy/Handout (CHINA - Tags: BUSINESS TRAVEL) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS :rel:d:bm:GF2E64F0LQA01

    The urban ultimatum: what should our future cities be like?

    The landscape has changed radically in the decade that LSE Cities’ Urban Age programme has travelled the world – but the questions it explores are more important than ever, writes Deyan Sudjic
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