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[URBAN NOTE] Ten links on cities, in all their dimensions
- The Conversation notes how Canadian cities need new revenue sources as their economies evolve.
- Can Canada learn from a New Jersey trying to move homes and residents out of flood-prone areas? CBC reports.
- CityLab looks at how St. Louis is finally removing the artificial concrete barriers blocking its streets and neighbourhoods.
- The controversial "new towns" of the United Kingdom are the subject of this Guardian Cities feature.
- Bloomberg looks at how second-tier cities in China like Wuhan are also competing for white-collar migrants.
- JSTOR Daily looks at how urban architecture can be made to work better.
- CityLab looks at the extent to which Millennials in North America really do like cities, and why.
- CityLab examines the various reasons why Americans have become less mobile than many before, from a love for their community to note being able to move.
- This Guardian Cities article looking at how British cities have become dependent on alcohol sales and nightclubbing, despite the social toll, is disturbing.
- Justin Fox at Bloomberg looks at how cities like Buffalo and Pittsburgh can thrive despite losing population.