Urban planning
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Looking for a plan
Dongguan, a metropolis hastily erected during a 1980s economic boom, is a case study in what happens when urban planning goes wrong. With poor transport and half-empty malls, life is a struggle.
Americas
Dallas revamps its image, Caracas clears the way for pedestrians and Buenos Aires puts books on buses.
Observation
Our editor-in-chief jumps on his bike to find forgotten corners of the city in need of reimagining and offers a recipe that works – if you can find the ingredients.
Breaking the rules
The codes of good urban planning are common sense. But sometimes those rules are there to be broken and, as in these five examples, the results can work surprisingly well.
Ideas to steal
Making the world’s busiest cities more ordered is a top priority for urban planners. When one city finds an idea that works, it seems the rest of the globe is keen to catch up.
Tbilisi two
To attract foreign investment and ditch its Soviet-era image, Georgia’s president has enlisted architect Michele De Lucchi to fill the capital with ambitious new buildings. Monocle meets him in his Italian HQ.
Rebuilding America
These 10 creative ventures – online, community-focused and commercial – are remaking American cities. They include museum-hotel founders, an Art Walk organiser and an entrepreneur creating websites for socially conscious citizens.
Gehl force
Celebrated Danish architect Jan Gehl believes focusing city infrastructure on inhabitants' needs, not cars and concrete, improves quality of life. He advocates for a people-first approach to urban planning worldwide.
Europe
Copenhagen saddles up for the world's biggest urban cycling contest, Russia's "Silicon Valley" gets to live by its own rules, and Istanbul, the call to prayer becomes easier to the ear.
Urban legends
Since 2003, ‘Next American City’ magazine has made urban planning a national debate. Its founders have lofty ambitions and won't be satisfied until they have changed the world.
