Soak it up: China’s ambitious plan to solve urban flooding with ‘sponge cities’
Designers working on the unprecedented, government-funded programme will proritise using permeable materials, green spaces and connected waterways
September 2016
Innovative partnerships
The app that gives Oslo's children a direct say over their own road safety
Making kids ‘secret smartphone agents’ to pinpoint traffic problems is part of the Norwegian capital’s plan to create a safer, greener, car-less city
June 2016
A new mayor for Bristol is a chance to finally tackle its housing crisis
Paul Smith
Six years of austerity, service cuts, redundancies and restructures have held our city back, but we’ve already taken quick action on housing
March 2016
The new wave of English mayors: power to the people or fresh bureaucracy?
Lewis Herbert
We can't talk about inequality without talking about homelessness
Leilani Farha
January 2016
Health in cities
The forgotten casualties and hidden health problems of gentrification
Leo Hollis
Most studies focus on the impact on families forced out of their homes, often overlooking the fate of those left behind
November 2015
Health in cities
These streets are made for walking: how Oklahoma City overturned car culture
Most cities don’t prioritise pedestrians, despite the health benefits. But one US city has shown what can happen when you kick the car habit
Cities must scale up their ambitions for devolution to work
Mike Emmerich
The first devolution deals are tentative. It’s time for cities to step on the gas
'These Tories are more savage than Thatcher for local government'
Meet Jon Trickett, the shadow communities secretary who thinks the way to solve inequality is to give real power back to councils
October 2015
Health in cities
Sugar tax, fat fines and gold coins: new ways cities are tackling obesity
Devolution can't make the UK more unequal than it already is
Alexandra Jones
August 2015
Connected world
10 steps to building a smart city
Connected world
Who will lead the push to a smarter way of life in cities?
April 2015
Infrastructure roundtables
How to build quality of life into Britain’s new developments
With vague community requirements on big projects, will developers focus on social impact as much as profit? Joanna Moorhead reports on a recent discussion
January 2015
The five stand-out UK cities for jobs and business in the past 10 years
London, Milton Keynes, Cambridge, Aberdeen and Coventry have led the way in economic growth in the past decade. Centre for Cities’ Paul Swinney explains why
July 2014
Global public leaders
Devolution, Italian-style – the cities forging their own futures
What challenges face London's next mayor?
June 2014
Have councils abandoned the poor searching for economic growth?
From Hackney cosying up to the digital elite to regeneration in Southwark – councils risk forgetting they're part of the safety net, argues Hannah Fearn
Edinburgh's tram fiasco has lessons for other UK transport projects
The city has a new tram line, but it's arrived £375m over budget and probably won't help ease transport problems
Why are 84,000 children in Birmingham living in poverty?
The city's local authority is doing everything it can to help children in poverty, but the same cannot be said for government, says John Cotton
