Is San Francisco’s recycling scheme and sustainable public transport a model to follow?

How is data being used to help Seoul run smoothly? And how have 20,000 sensors transformed life in Santander, Spain?

As investment in the night-time economy rises, we look at how this is working in London. Is anywhere else doing a better job?

In Paris citizens vote on how to spend the city’s budget. Is this a model to follow?

How Glasgow, which has one of the highest murder rates in Europe, is tackling knife crime.

How a huge civic project transformed the violent neighbourhoods of Medellin, Colombia's second city.

What can Oslo – the European Green Capital of 2019 – offer to the perfect city?

Is a Canadian city's approach to unemployment one that other cities should consider?

People who live in cities are more likely to experience mental health problems than their rural counterparts. Has Singapore found a solution that other cities should follow?

In Vienna housing is considered a basic human right, and 60 percent of citizens live in subsidised social housing. Is it a model other cities should follow?

Rotterdam is lauded for its policies on integrating immigrant populations into the city. What exactly has it got right?

Kochi in southwest India is making female entrepreneurship a priority. Is it a blueprint other cities should follow?

Barcelona has always put strong communities as a key aim of its urban planning. What has it got right, and should other cities follow suit?