city planning

Cities are humanity’s greatest invention. As indispensable engines for creativity, innovation, wealth, and connection, they are the loom on which the fabric of civilization is woven. But the global COVID crisis has redefined our relationship to cities in incalculable ways. How permanent are these changes? Are we on the brink of a post-urban world? In "Survival of the City: Living and Thriving in an Age of Isolation," Professor Edward Glaeser argues that city life will survive, but individual cities face terrible risks and waves of urban failure would be disastrous.

William W. Goldsmith is Professor Emeritus of City and Regional Planning at Cornell University. He is coauthor of Separate Societies: Poverty and…

Janette Sadik-Khan is one of the world’s foremost authorities on transportation and urban transformation. During her time as New York City’s…

Everything from bikes to bike sharing rentals like CitiBike relies on technology of one sort or another.Jeff Olson from Alta Planning is working with NYC…