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PLASTIC WASTE: NETWORK OF WATER REFILL POINTS AIMS TO TACKLE PROBLEM
Free refill points and fountains will be set up in shops, cafes and high streets in every English town and city... READ MORE›
CAPE TOWN COULD BE FIRST MAJOR CITY IN THE WORLD TO RUN OUT OF WATER
Cape Town residents and visitors can only use 13 gallons of water per day starting in February... READ MORE›
HERE'S HOW LONG IT TAKES TO TRAVEL TO THE NEXT CITY, FROM WHEREVER YOU ARE IN THE WORLD
But in parts of Eastern Europe, Scotland, Scandinavia and Iceland, travelers can sometimes go by car for hours without encountering a city... READ MORE›
HE WALKED 4.5 KILOMETRES THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS TO GET TO SCHOOL. HIS FROZEN HAIR IS SHEDDING LIGHT ON CHINA'S RURAL POVERTY
Fuman's story drew many uplifting comments online, but it also provoked some cynicism about China's efforts to eliminate poverty... READ MORE›
THE SIMPLE TWIST OF FATE THAT CONTRIBUTED TO YOSUKE'S KNIFE ATTACK DEATH IN DUNDALK
Mr Sasaki lived in an apartment with his British girlfriend in Dundalk town, and always walked to and from home and work... READ MORE›
3 UTAH CHILDREN INJURED AFTER THROWING GASOLINE ON FIRE PIT
The other two children ages 7 and 13 had non-life-threatening injuries and were considered to be in good condition... READ MORE›
DRIVER CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER OVER AUSTRALIAN VEHICLE ATTACK
In January, six people were killed in Melbourne's central business district when a man used his vehicle to mow them down... READ MORE›
URBAN KILLINGS RISE IN CLUSTERS, EVEN AS CITIES GROW SAFER
The concentration of violence extends to Chicago, which ended 2016 with 762 homicides, the highest in two decades... READ MORE›
EASING BEIJING'S BURDEN A LONG-TERM PROCESS
And in terms of plain area, Beijing's population density is 3,349 people per square kilometer, 733 more than Tokyo's... READ MORE›
REGENERATING INFORMAL HOUSING IN CITIES
This model of incremental regeneration will change the current approach of using real estate projects to develop housing... READ MORE›
SOUTH AFRICAN URBAN FARMERS GROW HERBS AND CROPS ON ROOFTOPS
Mpati grows basil and other herbs at the farm using a hydroponics system on top of the city's Chamber of Mines building... READ MORE›
CITIES OF THE FUTURE WILL BE SMART
The connection between people, data and systems is the backbone of smart cities... READ MORE›
MOROCCAN FOOTBALL FANS RIOT IN BRUSSELS AFTER COUNTRY'S WORLD CUP QUALIFICATION
Following the qualification of Morocco for the World Cup, celebrations by some 300 football fans of Moroccan origin in the spot of choice for sporting... READ MORE›
ARTIST REFUSES AWARD AFTER CITY MOVES 'SITE-SPECIFIC' WORK
Dark designed his installation Erratic Field especially for Cardinal Creek Community Park... READ MORE›
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MELBOURNE CROWNED WORLD'S MOST LIVEABLE CITY FOR RECORD SEVENTH TIME
City of Melbourne Lord Mayor Robert Doyle said the EIU's index was the most widely accepted city rankings system... READ MORE›
HK, BEIJING, SHANGHAI AMONG MOST 'MAGNETIC' CITIES IN THE WORLD
Although Hong Kong fell from seventh to ninth in the overall ranking this year, the city continued to score highly in the category of accessibility ... READ MORE›
FIRE IN PENTICTON SUBURB DAMAGES HOMES, TRIGGERS SHORT TERM EVACUATION
The city reported on Facebook that the fire damaged the roofs of two homes on Westwood Drive in the West Bench neighbourhood... READ MORE›
FIRE IN PENTICTON SUBURB DAMAGES HOMES, TRIGGERS SHORT TERM EVACUATION
The city reported on Facebook that the fire damaged the roofs of two homes on Westwood Drive in the West Bench neighbourhood... READ MORE›
'WALKING BUSES' AND COUNCIL HOUSING: A WISHLIST FOR WORLD CITIES IN 2017
2017 brings a new president and expectation of a newly appointed city mayor, and potential for change... READ MORE›
DONALD TRUMP ESCALATES TWITTER ROW WITH LONDON MAYOR SADIQ KHAN
Donald Trump Twitter Spat With London Mayor Sadiq Khan Continues Into Second Day... READ MORE›
THE FRENCH ELECTION IN PICTURES
Credit Ronen Zvulun Reuters Photo The French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron cast his ballot on Sunday in Le Touquet, France... READ MORE›
'HAS LONELY PLANET EVER BEEN TO CANBERRA?'
Australians have taken to social media to mock travel guide Lonely Planet's decision to name Canberra the third-best city in the world to visit... READ MORE›
PANT BY NUMBERS: THE CITIES WITH THE MOST DANGEROUS AIR - LISTED
Tetovo in Macedonia - a city of 50,000 near the Kosovo border - has the worst PM2.5 air pollution in Europe, according to the WHO data... READ MORE›
PARIS IS BANNING TRAFFIC FROM HALF THE CITY. WHY CAN'T LONDON HAVE A CAR-FREE DAY?
Greenwich, in south-east London, also looks set to get occasional car-free days... READ MORE›
HOW 'SMART CITY' TECHNOLOGY IS CONNECTING EUROPEANS
Smart cities have until recently been large ones like Barcelona or Amsterdam, but smaller cities are catching up, piloting or planning to implement smart city strategies... READ MORE›
A REVOLUTION IN URBAN PLANNING MEANS PARKING IS BEING SQUEEZED OUT OF CITY CENTRES
North America's oldest urban metropolis, Mexico City, famous for its automobile congestion, is reversing a decades-old parking policy... READ MORE›
WHERE IS THE WORLD'S MOST SPRAWLING CITY?
Urban sprawl is usually huge, mainly low-density, mostly unplanned, and primarily residential development that covers increasing areas of land around city cores... READ MORE›
SHERYL SANDBERG CALLS FOR U.S. POLICY CHANGES TO AID WORKING MOTHERS
On Wednesday, at least 10 civilians were killed by US-led airstrike against the town of Sour in the countryside of Deir al-Zour... READ MORE›
WHAT IS THE WORLDS GREATEST SKYLINE?
For, once seen, how could anyone forget the lyrical skylines of Edinburgh, Manhattan, Hong Kong or Helsinki?... READ MORE›
IS TRUMP RIGHT THAT INNER CITIES ARE 'HELL'?
Newark, in contrast, was overshadowed by New York City, confined to compact footprint, and stripped of its factories... READ MORE›
LIKE TRUMP EUROPES POPULISTS WIN BIG WITH RURAL VOTERS
Like Trump, Europes Populists Win Big With Rural Voters... READ MORE›
THE URBAN-RURAL DIVIDE THAT BOLSTERED TRUMP ISN'T JUST AN AMERICAN THING; IT'S PREVALENT IN EUROPE, TOO
Tilbury, an economically deprived dockside town on the outskirts of London, voted to leave the European Union with a majority of more than 70 percent... READ MORE›
WHERE IS THE WORLD'S DENSEST CITY?
The UN's Habitat data, collected from national census offices, gives the number one spot to Dhaka, with a density of 44,500 people per sq km... READ MORE›
AMERICANS ONCE MOVED AWAY FROM FORESTS. NOW FORESTS ARE MOVING AWAY FROM AMERICANS.
Study co-author Sheng Yang shows an example of tree canopy loss and receding forests on the campus of the State University of New York at Syracuse... READ MORE›
90-YEAR-OLD WIDOW'S HOUSE AT RISK OVER CENTURY-OLD ROAD PLAN
Town of madoc, ont., could give year's notice to remove the house and make the owner pay for it... READ MORE›
MELBOURNE IS NOT THE WORLD'S MOST LIVEABLE CITY, CANADIAN EXPERT SAYS
The Economist once again ranked Melbourne as the world's most liveable city this year, beating out Vienna and Vancouver for the title... READ MORE›
THESE ARE THE MOST TICKETED PARKING SPOTS IN CANADA
But Halifax's tickets are also cheaper than other cities In 2015, the average parking ticket was only 27.52... READ MORE›
MOSUL'S OLD CITY WAITS FOR SALVATION AMID 'DEATH, DEATH, DEATH'
As many as 150,000 residents are crammed into Mosul's Old City, as Islamic State fighters fortify their positions in the warren of narrow streets and alleyways... READ MORE›
CANADA'S 'US AND THEM CITIES': DATA SHOWS MOST HOMES ARE TOO SMALL - OR TOO BIG
In Toronto and the surrounding area, said Smetanin, for every bedroom that a household actually needs, there's almost six empty bedrooms ... READ MORE›
ONE IN FIVE PEOPLE IN CITIES WORLDWIDE LIVE IN AREAS WITH NO SAFE TOILET
China, which also has a massive rate of rural to urban migration, is the second worst, with 104 million people without safe sanitation... READ MORE›
SYDNEY HOUSING WORLD'S SECOND-MOST EXPENSIVE
Demographia, which ranks housing affordability in cities with a population over 1,000,000, listed Australia's major problem as urban containment policies... READ MORE›
RUSSIA DENIES STRIKING ALEPPO OVER PAST WEEK
Flights over Aleppo by the Russian and Syrian air forces have been completely halted for the past seven days, said Konashenkov... READ MORE›
WHERE IS THE WORLD'S MOST HI-TECH CITY? (AND IT'S NOT SAN FRANCISCO ...)
With all its built-in computational power, Songdo aims to go beyond the concept of the high technology smart city to become a technologically ubiquitous city ... READ MORE›
DRIVERLESS CARS WILL OPEN THE DOOR TO A BUILDING SPREE
On the other hand, the vehicles could drive real estate values down by creating new supply in the suburbs... READ MORE›