In a special episode of ‘The Urbanist’, we look at the life and legacy of Jane Jacobs, one of the most influential urban thinkers and city activists of our time.

All across the globe, it has been getting ever hotter with each passing year. With this heat comes a series health risks, including severe heat exhaustion and poor air quality, which...

A major study by the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, "Revitalizing Places: Improving Housing and Neighborhoods from Block to Metropolis," identifies planning strategies to improve...

The decline in population growth in cities is forcing them to adapt in order to maintain a healthy global economy, write Jaana Remes and Jonathan Woetzel in The Globe and Mail.

Keynote speeches and break-out sessions at this year's Rocky Mountain City Summit implicated the importance of cultural knowledge for planning inclusive and equitable cities.

Op-Ed: "Elected officials at every level should look to what is working in cities for inspiration."

The city that pioneered incentives for supermarkets in underserved areas is learning that solving food access problems requires working closely with communities.

City of North Vancouver Creates Strategy that puts Children and Families First (image) Family Movie Night at City of North Vancouver (Photo: City of North Vancouver)

We report from CityLab 2016, a two-and-a-half day summit that has gathered the world’s top mayors, urban leaders and innovators for a series of conversations on ideas that are shaping our planet’s...

Study finds people walk more in denser cities with more parks no matter what their country of origin.

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How do we know when we are in a good public space? Does it make us happier, more calm, or even more generous?We can get the sense that a place with green space, public seating, and art makes us feel b...

Do visual signs of neglect encourage criminality? The long-controversial idea may have just gotten a little stronger.

New York magazine offers a long reflection on the shifting lessons offered by Jane Jacobs after a year of new books and a re-emergence into the public eye.

New report delves into job creation in distressed areas.

Kelcie Ralph guest blogs about a new article in the Journal of Planning Education and Research.

A closer look at how community gardens and urban farms are transforming American cities.

The days of easy growth in the world’s cities are over, and how they respond to demographic shifts will influence their prosperity.

From ancient Athens to modern New York, cities have long provided crucibles for human interaction, thriving and faltering in equal measure on the density and diversity of the lives within them. With 2 out of every 3 of us set to live in cities by 2050, it is hardly surprising that we find ample opportunities…

Climate change is just a slice of the plan.

Murals are in constant dialogue with their surroundings.

An open-source catalog boasts downloadable plans for plywood benches, kiosks, and more.

Last year the Manhattan Institute commissioned a group of academics to author urban policy papers targeting the challenges facing the American city. We published this collection last fall as The Ne…

I recently visited with Ryan Streeter, Executive Director of the Center of Politics and Governance at the University of Texas. While there he interviewed me for his podcast, and I'm including the audio of our conversation here.

The excitement and frustrations of city life have inspired poets from 18th-century Grub Street to the 50s Beats and modern-day rappers. But can poetry actually help us make cities better?

A random conversation on a train between two women inspires the City of Melbourne to set aside park benches aimed at encouraging interaction between strangers.