12 February 2024
As we increasingly live in cities, tiny apartments are likely to become the norm. A new exhibition has clever space-managing ideas – but also stark warnings about the health challenges ahead
8 March 2023
New York contains more species than Yosemite National Park, and Australian cities have more endangered species per unit area than non-urban regions. Ben Wilson's book explores living in harmony with nature before it bites back
21 February 2023
An analysis of satellite images taken since the year 2000 found that hundreds of the most populous coastal cities have added land, which is now vulnerable to sea level rise
28 October 2022
Smartphone data from more than 9 million people in the US reveals that big cities lead to greater socioeconomic segregation despite claims they reduce it
13 September 2022
Exceptionally heavy monsoon rains have been exacerbated by poor urban planning in the Indian tech hub, showing the need for improved water systems
8 April 2022
Kalasatama, a former cargo port in Finland’s capital, is acting as a test bed for new ideas that could help the city reach a goal of becoming carbon-neutral by 2030
9 March 2022
From mosquitoes and rats to foxes and birds, the urban environment is transforming animals that live among us – but which new species should we expect next?
9 November 2021
The city, built by the son of Genghis Khan, was once thought to be about one-tenth as big as it actually was
4 October 2021
The world’s city dwellers collectively experienced 119 billion days above 30°C in 2016 – an almost 200 per cent increase on the equivalent 1983 figure of 40 billion days
7 July 2021
Pavements date back some 2000 years, but are seldom built with pedestrians in mind. Here's why reinvented sidewalks could benefit your joints — and the planet
