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How listening to kids leads to better urban design
When we engage youth in city planning, the results benefit everyone.
Can we design pandemic-proof cities?
When it comes to keeping people alive, neighbourhood design may matter much more than urban density.
The pandemic is changing the way we use city spaces — for good
Responses to the pandemic can actually make cities happier, healthier and stronger in the long run.
Testing social trust in Mexico
What happens when you challenge hundreds of young Mexicans to reach out to strangers?
What is urban experimentalism?
I began my search for the essence of the happier city as a journalist, searching for experts among planners, mayors, psychologists and economists.