Cities

February 2025

• Feb 19, 2025ExplainersUnderstanding Urban Planning: Zoning and City DevelopmentHow does urban planning work? Explore zoning laws, housing scarcity, Jane Jacobs vs Le Corbusier, Robert Moses, transit-oriented development, and...19 MIN3.9k

May 2024

• May 18, 2024CultureUrbanization and Its Economic Implications for CitiesEdward Glaeser calls cities humanity's greatest invention. With 68% of the world urbanizing by 2050, explore the economics of agglomeration, the...15 MIN6.0k

March 2024

• Mar 2, 2024ConceptsWhat Is Urban Planning?Urban planning shapes how cities grow, who benefits from that growth, and who gets displaced.16 MIN4.5k

July 2022

• Jul 4, 2022ConceptsCobra Effect in Urban Planning: Infrastructure FailuresWhy do highways increase traffic? Why does urban renewal destroy neighborhoods? Urban planning failures reveal what systems thinking teaches about...14 MIN7.2k