[URBAN NOTE] Five city links: Montréal, Chicago, London, Trieste, Bangkok

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• La Presse notes that Montréal mayor Valérie Laplante faces significant challenges in dealing with the new Québec government.


• JSTOR Daily reports on a recent study tracing back large-scale police violence in Chicago back to the late 19th century.


• Feargus O'Sullivan at CityLab notes how, among other things, exceptionally high rents lead to much commercial space in London being vacant. Are there ways to deal with this?


• This Asia Times article takes a look at Chinese investments in the port of Trieste that might make this port a leading portal for Chinese trade, surpassing Greece's Piraeus.


• Jamie Fullerton at Guardian Cities <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/oct/03/as-bangkok-sinks-could-this-anti-flood-park-be-the-answer><U>considers</u></a> if increasing the amount of green space in low-lying Bangkok might help protect that city against sea level rise.</li> </ul>