The Urbanist
Monocle’s guide to better cities. Explore urban innovation, cutting-edge infrastructure, and compact living with insights from planners, architects, and city leaders.
Latest Episodes
World Urban Forum special
World Urban Forum special: we head to Naples to meet mayors, administrators and experts and also learn why China has no shanty towns.
Cities on a diet
Fitness: how best to use city rivers, what health regime has Delhi in stitches and the US mayor who put his city on a diet.
Explaining Detroit
Detroit: a special on the once-thriving city that’s reinventing itself as a cultural, entrepreneurial and urban-farming hub. Plus, a chat with Detroit mayor Dave Bing.
Cities on foot
Pedestrians: from London’s Exhibition Road to the king of all pedestrianised avenues in Copenhagen, we walk paths, parkways and public spaces on foot.
Trees: a city’s best friend
Trees: how the French stay trimmed at Tuileries Garden, Delhi’s planting mistakes left by the British and why trees can be a mayor’s best friend.
Dealing with death
Death: how do cities find space to deal with their dead? We head to Paris, Hong Kong, San Francisco and London, to find out.
Urban trading
Trade streets: connecting the city’s economy with its history, we visit some of the most distinct retail areas in London, Paris, Tokyo and Hebron.
Calling at all stations
Trains: from Tokyo’s Akihabara to London’s King’s Cross we find out why train stations are part of a city’s soul and psyche.
Urban parks
City parks: from Singapore’s recently revamped Bishan Park, to why San Francisco is the best in the US, The Urbanist goes green.
World Cities Summit tackle liveability
World Cities Summit: A special report from Singapore on the experts, urban planners and civil servants tackling the conference’s buzz word: liveability.
