By 2050, 66 per cent of the world’s population will live in metro areas. That rapid urbanization has made cities a focus of active experimentation and intellectual energy. In this special report, we look at the role urban universities play – for better and worse – in their communities, new insights into the history and future of cities, and the barriers that get in the way of good research.
CITIES
Is it in the public interest to have giant urban campuses freeload off their neighbors’ taxes?
CITIES
A new book recounts the forgotten history of housing discrimination.
CITIES
Big data and big dollars are transforming the field. But scholars are struggling to keep up.
CITIES
Economists and sociologists finally agree: Where people live matters. Now comes the hard part.
The Review
Cities birthed democracy. They must reassert themselves to preserve it, argues the late Benjamin Barber in his final book.
Cities
Five scholars on what their universities owe their local communities.
