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Europe briefing— Europe
Preface
Stockholm starts doing it for the kids, Helsinki talks rubbish, and Turkey stops smoking.
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Affairs / Urbanism
Europe briefing
Issue 25
Stockholm starts doing it for the kids, Helsinki talks rubbish, and Turkey stops smoking.
Design / Urbanism
Cobble it up
Issue 29
Along with clean hospitals and punctual buses, our cities should have a cosy feel to them. Let’s hear it for warm street lighting, pristine parks and cobbled back alleys.
Edits / Urbanism
Kings of the hill
Issue 13
Beirut’s Christian quarter of Ashrafieh has weathered civil war, terrorist assassinations and the recent Hezbollah-Israeli conflict. But today, the hill-top neighbourhood is once again under threat, this time from devel…
Design / Urbanism
City slickers
Issue 5
It’s not necessarily the billion-euro development, star-architect-designed gallery or shiny new ferris wheel that makes locals feel good about their town. *Monocle* believes that the measure of a city is more about everyday…
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Affairs / Urbanism
Americas briefing
Issue 25
Mexico City's taxi fleet plans to go green, all change at Chattanooga, and how Twitter is helping track the spread of illness through cities.
Affairs / Urbanism
Looking for a plan
Issue 45
What happens when urban planning goes wrong? The answer is Dongguan, a metropolis hastily erected on the back of a 1980s economic boom. With poor transport and half-empty shopping centres, life is a struggle. But authori…
Affairs / Urbanism
Build me Hong Kong
Issue 3
It’s done a good job getting everyday essentials into our homes, hands and driveways but it would like to do so much more. Faced with stiff competition from China, South Korea sees a future for itself as a centre for hi…
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Design / Urbanism
The water works
Issue 55
Throughout the five boroughs of New York, space is at a premium. For the city’s planners, that means making intelligent use of existing waterfronts and parks to showcase that famous skyline from a fresh perspective.
Design / Urbanism
Copenhagen: design city
Issue 15
There are many reasons why Copenhagen trumped the other cities in our quality of life survey. One of them is its undeniably seamless urban planning, paving the way for the mobility, and ultimately, the happiness of its…
Business / Urbanism
The living is easy
Issue 28
Sweden’s second city is fertile soil for small businesses thanks to its history of maritime adventure, the population’s can-do attitude and its intimate size, which helps keep the co-operative spirit alive and well.
Business / Urbanism
Power plant
Issue 5
Yes, they can look pretty, but Diana Balmori’s landscaping projects can also change cities, make people happier and healthier and battle climate change. A pioneer of the green roofs movement, she helped build New York’s…
