cities

FILE PHOTO: A view of an empty Merlion Park, as tourism braces for a steep decline following the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) along Marina Bay in Singapore, March 26, 2020. REUTERS/Edgar Su
Global Economy

Singapore is rewriting the rules for global cities

The role model for Dubai and other economic hubs wants to achieve a new balance between foreign and local workers

'Villages have save cities during the coronavirus pandemic"
Videos

'Villages have save cities during the coronavirus pandemic"

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Sketch: TBS
Bangladesh

Don’t put dear ones’ lives at risk: PM warns homegoers

Waves crash into sea walls in coastal town in south-west England, during severe weather and flood crisis. Source: BBC Editorial/Bloomberg
Analysis

Whatever climate change does to the world, cities will be hit hardest

Robert Muggah, Principal, SecDev Group and Greg Walton, Fellow, SecDev Group. Sketch/TBS
Thoughts

‘Smart’ cities are surveilled cities

Empty offices were a problem in many urban areas before Covid-19. The pandemic economy has accelerated the need for reinvention of the office market. Photographer: Max Fenton/Construction Photography/Avalon/Getty Image/Bloomberg
Analysis

The right way to rebuild cities for post-pandemic work

Representational Image. Picture: TBS
Coronavirus chronicle

UN-Habitat calls for post Covid-19 cities to lead the way to a healthier future

Emirates adds 10 new cities for travellers
Aviation

Emirates adds 10 new cities for travellers

Brian Stauffer Illustration for Foreign Policy
Analysis

How life in our cities will look after the coronavirus pandemic

Children play soccer in the Manguinhos slums complex where Pope Francis is expected to visit in Rio de Janeiro July 23, 2013. Pope Francis will visit Varginha slum in Manguinhos slums complex on July 25 during his first foreign trip as pontiff and a weeklong series of events expected to attract more than a million people to a gathering of young faithful in Brazil/ Reuters
World+Biz

Cities face 100 million 'new poor' in post-pandemic world