Articles in Urban Affairs

December 2009

Green Giants

by Tim McKeough

How urban planners are turning industrial eyesores into popular public spaces


October 2008

Grim Repo

by Charles Montgomery

Speculator behaviour is ravaging cities. Can we resist the hot deal?


November 2006

A Resonant Boom

by Charles Foran

How Shanghai’s citizens view their city’s seemingly unending growth.


March 2006

Hong Kong Goes King Kong

by Don Gillmor

Economic prosperity fuels a rivalry between Hong Kong and Mainland China


November 2005

Suburbia’s Last Stand

by Larry Frolick

Ontario wants to force its car-dependent masses into denser neighbourhoods

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