Future Urban Living \u2013 The technology, communities and people making our cities happier, healthier and safer places to live<\/b><\/p>\n
Cities are often painted as bleak, dangerous and lacking in soul. This issue argues the opposite. Around the world, new urban centres are emerging at speed, designed to be interconnected, powered by renewable energy and built with climate-ready architecture at their core. In many cities, violent crime is falling. Car-dominated sprawl is giving way to green space. Communities are finding ways not just to restore the land, but to revive the civic spirit that makes cities feel alive.<\/span><\/p>\n Other features include:<\/b> Ex-offenders educating others through theatre \u2022 Protesters who refuse to retire quietly \u2022 An unplugged holiday in Denmark \u2022 Female entrepreneurs in Yorkshire \u2022 Ian McEwan on AI and the future of the planet \u2022 France\u2019s first LGBTQIA+ care home \u2022 The art of looking slowly \u2022 Aimee Fuller\u2019s life lessons \u2022 Life after a terminal diagnosis \u2022 How to navigate a mid-career transition \u2022 You told us: what does patriotism mean to you?<\/span><\/p>\n Published 14 Jan 2026<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Future Urban Living \u2013 The technology, communities and people making our cities happier, healthier and safer places to live Cities are often painted as bleak, dangerous and lacking in soul. This issue argues the opposite. Around the world, new urban centres are emerging at speed, designed to be interconnected, powered by renewable energy and built […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":563159,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-563156","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_shipping_class-magazines","8":"first","9":"outofstock","10":"purchasable","11":"product-type-simple"},"exclude_global_add_ons":[],"addons":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n