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Chapter 1
Copenhagen: bicycle mecca
In 2007, Danish-Canadian urbanist Mikael Colville-Andersen founded Copenhagenize Design Co, a planning consultancy inspired by the transport offerings in his home city.
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Chapter 2
Seattle: electrical substation
Electrical substations are necessary for keeping the lights on but they’re almost always painful to look at. However, as Monocle’s Will Kitchens found out, it doesn’t always have to be that way
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Chapter 3
Vancouver: VanPlay
Tomos Lewis has been exploring Vancouver to find out how equal access to bountiful parks can be a powerful marker of a fair city.
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Chapter 4
Quito: metro
In Quito, a new metro is helping to connect the city while offering a chance to transform it.
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Chapter 5
What makes a city?
To build a great place to live, everything from the quality of the shops to the height of the buildings need to be considered, and even how parks might connect to other green spaces in the city
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