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Cities reboot: Urban life in the age of COVID-19
Snakes and sewage: Housing troubles grow in Soweto's Snake Park
India's cities look to become climate smarter
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Slumscapes
Philadelphia police boost response after Black man shot dead
Wolves and weed: U.S. voters choose future of public lands
Private beach club plans at Sydney's Bondi divides locals
Nigerian police mobilize to quell worst unrest in two decades
End SARS protests: Armed gangs block roads in Lagos
'Eating rats': Myanmar's second lockdown drives hunger in slums
Kabul evicts street vendors to 'clean up' city
End SARS protests: Lagos under curfew
Bangkok revives canals to fix traffic snarls
End SARS protests: Lagos locked down after civilians shot
In blast-hit Beirut, community oven serves up meals and new skills
With evictions looming, U.S. cities seek legal help for renters
'Slavery and the City' tour sheds light on London's dark past
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Virus fears as Mozambique conflict fuels crowding, hunger
Are algorithms the solution to fairer U.S. elections?
Japanese theme park becomes a new office for teleworkers
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How one Canadian city is using AI to predict homelessness
London, Hong Kong among world’s most walkable cities
Europe plans greener buildings to cut emissions, fight poverty
China's Xi backs stronger property rights, protections for entrepr
COVID-19 boosts cloud kitchens as foodie Asians order in
At Louisiana 'mega' storm shelter, pandemic fears limit admission
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British homeowners face bankruptcy to strip unsafe building panels
Cut from the same cloth, Nigerian waste fabric becomes art
UK homeless face double winter whammy of COVID-19, deep freeze
UK police officers investigated over stop of two Black athletes
Coronavirus gives boost to Portugal's bicycle makers
U.S. evictions surge amid pandemic despite federal ban
Housing crackdown leaves some Egyptians struggling to pay
Singapore's last village proves nostalgic tourism hit in pandemic
In U.S. cities, boom in pet cemeteries fuels land debate
'Energy cafes' help Londoners cut bills and care for climate
Pandemic pushes forward new generation of African cyclists
Hong Kong poor finally feel at home in 290 sq ft modules
COVID-19 resurgence in Brazil's Amazon dashes herd immunity hopes
Coronavirus deals blow to struggling Kashmir tourism
Space bubbles ease New York restaurant troubles
Global goals: Is there still time to save the world?
Unusual rains in Senegal expose big gap in $1.4 bln flood plan
Fund to cut emissions in developing world cities launched
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Paper cuts: U.S. coronavirus downturn hits timber-reliant towns
Cities pledge to divest from fossil fuels to boost green recovery
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Opinion

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Why the United States needs to change how it manages public land

Neither political party has an adequate vision for the public lands
Louise Scholtz WWF South Africa

Why cities must put nature at the heart of their recovery

COVID-19 has exposed our vulnerability to systemic shocks and aggravated the stark inequality in our cities
Halima Begum Runnymede Trust

Race remains a key part of COVID-19 risk

Britain must do more to support ethnic minorities through second wave
Saskia Bruysten, Co-founder and ... Yunus Social Business

Impact investing is not worth its name if it doesn’t step up now 

Why are we celebrating a growing impact investing sector with money to spend, if the social businesses worth saving are being left to dry?

In Depth

'Eating rats': Myanmar's second lockdown drives hunger in city slums
'Cadillac insurance'? Hunt for private firefighters as California burns
analysis
Good business or digital bias? The divisive rise of 'proptech'
analysis
Has India's 'airpocalypse' put the poor more at risk from coronavirus?

Videos & Pictures

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Baptism by toxic water: Mine waste, sewage threaten South Africa's
Down and out in Ulaanbaatar
Falling Freetown
Land of Little Rain
Want to save the planet? Move to Wales
One man, one city, three evictions: the human cost of Rio's growth

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'Slavery and the City' tour sheds light on London's dark past
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