http://www.monocle.com/Primary-Keywords/Urban-development/Urban development - PrimaryKeywordsenFri, 13 Nov 2009 11:00:33 GMTMonocle 200960EPiServer 4.61info@monocle.cominfo@monocle.comhttp://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Web-Articles/Prime-Minister-Andrus-Ansip/Until this year, the idea that Americans could enjoy European or Japanese-style train service was dismissed as a boutique cause of cosmopolitan columnists and futurist dreamers.Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/WebArticleVideo.aspx?id=3833http://www.monocle.com/sections/edits/Web-Articles/Top-25-Cities/Where are the top 25 places in the world to call home? Listen to our countdown of the metropolises on the move and cities on the slide.Sun, 14 Jun 2009 13:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/WebArticleVideo.aspx?id=3811http://www.monocle.com/sections/business/Magazine-Articles/Peace-and-prosperity---Arbil/Arbil in Iraqi Kurdistan has escaped the worst of the war raging across the rest of the country.Thu, 15 Jan 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3068http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Wealth-and-safety---Sao-Paulo2/In 1974 residents started moving to AlphaVille, Sao Paulo's first gated community.Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:28:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3066http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/QA---Ritt-Bjerregaard/Lord Mayor of Copenhagen, DenmarkFri, 17 Oct 2008 10:12:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2941http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Game-on---Global/In October 2009 four cities around the world will hear if they are to host the Olympic Games in 2016. Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:09:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2935http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/On-the-edge---Khabarovsk/Five years ago, one of Khabarovsk's main exports was its women, who went to work as prostitutes in Japan. Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:20:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2829http://www.monocle.com/sections/business/Magazine-Articles/Harboured-dreams---Trieste/Italy's Trieste, population 208,552, has ambitions to return to its former glory as a wealthy trading port, luring start-ups with its enviable location and high quality of life (you're more likely to live to 100 in Trieste than in any other part of Italy)Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2832http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Web-Articles/Abuja/Founded 32 years ago, Nigerian capital Abuja was a utopian dream.Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/WebArticleVideo.aspx?id=2748http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Upwardly-mobile---Homeland-property-boom2/Founded 32 years ago, Nigerian capital Abuja was a utopian dream. Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:21:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2704http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Upwardly-mobile---Homeland-property-boom/Amid concerns over rising anti-Semitism around the world, wealthy Jewish people are investing in luxury boltholes in Israel. Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:20:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2703http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Uneasy-listening---New-Zealand/The council of the New Zealand town of Hamilton has discovered that the dulcet tones of American crooner Andy Williams are the answer to anti-social behaviour.Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:16:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2698http://www.monocle.com/sections/business/Magazine-Articles/High-time---China/In the heart of Shanghai's Lujiazui financial district, the new 101-storey Shanghai World Financial Center (SWFC) is finally opening its doors 11 years after the start of construction. Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:08:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2714http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Guns-down---El-Salvador/El Salvador may be changing its violent reputation. Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:07:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2690http://www.monocle.com/sections/business/Magazine-Articles/Heartland-of-gold---Kansas-City/This month in our series on emerging business hubs, we visit Kansas City, Missouri, where big companies and small start-ups are investing in America's heartland. Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2706http://www.monocle.com/sections/edits/Web-Articles/Lambs-Conduit-Street/In the first of a regular monthly series of international street profiles, we popped down to Lamb's Conduit Street for a stroll and a little retail reconnaissance. Monocle's Saul Taylor reports.Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/WebArticleVideo.aspx?id=2647http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Higher-love/Among the millions of Chinese students going to university this autumn, 57 will be starting classes at the new Peking University School of Transnational Law (STL) on the university's Shenzhen campus. Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:13:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2619http://www.monocle.com/sections/business/Magazine-Articles/Scandi-China---Global/From China to Canada, governments are calling in the Swedes to help build new towns and cities.Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:04:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2640http://www.monocle.com/sections/business/Magazine-Articles/Star-if-India---Pune/In our series on emerging business hubs we reveal why you should invest in Pune, India's booming IT and industrial design centre.Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2636http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Burial-plot---Australia/"Sustainable Sydney 2030" is the first serious overhaul of Sydney's planning future in decades. Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:40:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2517http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Colonel-of-truth---Libya/Gaddafi once said: "Libya must destroy in order to rebuild." Slowly, that seems to be happening.Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:39:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2514http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Courtesy-cars---Japan/While other mass transit systems have to contend with petty crime and verbal and physical assaults on staff, the Tokyo subway rarely faces such problems. Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:38:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2508http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Houses-with-Seoul/If you are looking for a cosy home in a bustling city, Seoul might not immediately spring to mind. Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:38:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2509http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Pedal-pushing---USA/As US metropolises struggle with traffic congestion, an increasing numbers of US mayors are giving their cities a bike-friendly makeover.Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:37:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2501http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Streets-behind---Italy/Milan's Corso Buenos Aires avenue is an example of how Italian high streets are losing their way.Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:36:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2502http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Bjarke-Ingels---Architect/Which city has mastered quality of life?Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:35:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2504http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Street-of-shame---Sweden/Sweden is known for its natural beauty, welfare benefits, tolerance and equality.Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:34:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2499http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Finnish-beginning---Finland/Commuting is a growing phenomenon in Finland.Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:33:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2497http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Arresting-development---Spain/Is there hope for Spain's over-built coastline?Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:32:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2496http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Tunnel-vision---Italy--Germany/As more metropolises promote high-speed rail for short-haul travel, architects are being called in to design elaborate terminuses in city centres already short on space.Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:31:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2494http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/City-vacant---France/Already this year the youthful members of Jeudi Noir (Black Thursday) have occupied two vacant apartment blocks in central Paris, but these "citizen commandeers" want nothing to do with the image of graffiti-spraying squatters.Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:30:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2493http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Born-to-run---Caracas/Venezuela's president Hugo Chávez faces a new challenge - a charismatic opposition politician who believes he will soon be mayor of Caracas.Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:30:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2498http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Gate-keepers---Russia/During the Soviet era, only Russia's rural poor lived in houses; everyone else, from rank-and-file workers to top party functionaries, lived in apartment blocks.Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:29:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2492http://www.monocle.com/sections/business/Magazine-Articles/City-editor---Perm/Soviet planning and modern speculators have left many Russian cities at crisis point.Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:05:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2495http://www.monocle.com/sections/design/Magazine-Articles/Legally-briefed---Turin/Encounters with Italian law are frequently less than elegant, but one northern notary's offices present a very civil partnership between clean modernity and solemn tradition.Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:04:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2441http://www.monocle.com/sections/edits/Magazine-Articles/Taste-for-change---Enrique-Pelanosa-urban-consultant/Enrique Peñalosa transformed Bogotá during his three terms as mayor of the Colombian capital.Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:01:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2445http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Web-Articles/Alain-de-Botton/Author Alain de Botton talks to Monocle's Tyler Brûlé about London's latest shopping mall folly and the cities that are getting urban development right - and wrong.Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:14:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/WebArticleVideo.aspx?id=2414http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Bourne-supremacy---Australia/Melbourne has a case of urban indigestion as 1,200 new residents arrive each week.Thu, 15 May 2008 10:22:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2366http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Renaissance-sculpture---Senegal/At the top of a hill in Senegal, work has begun on a 50m-tall statue - Africa's answer to the Statue of Liberty.Thu, 15 May 2008 10:16:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2360http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/New-China-town---Laos/The sun always shines in the workers’ paradise of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic.Thu, 15 May 2008 10:13:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2357http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Tower-struggles---Sweden/Stockholm markets itself as the capital of Scandinavia, but when it comes to architecture, it is getting tough competition from Copenhagen, Oslo and Helsinki.Thu, 15 May 2008 10:04:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2348http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Train-of-thought---Australia/Any commuter can tell you that Sydney's trains are a wreck (it is why the city lost points in Monocle's Most Liveable Cities Index, see issue 5).Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:20:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2257http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Out-of-space---Kenya/Nairobi is full to bursting. Its slums, such as Kibera and Mathare, have grown uncontrollably as hundreds of thousands of people leave their rural homes for a new life in the capital. Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:15:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2252http://www.monocle.com/sections/business/Magazine-Articles/Night-and-bay---Singapore/The Fullerton Hotel has joined Raffles as one of Singapore's premium stays.Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:13:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2274http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Art-attack---France/Not even a year into his presidency and Nicolas Sarkozy is already making his bid to create a lasting cultural legacy.Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:09:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2246http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Faith-dealing---USA/The Bossert Hotel, once considered the Waldorf Astoria of Brooklyn, is the latest property to be sold off by the Watchtower Bible & Tract Society - the business arm of the Jehovah's Witnesses.Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:08:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2245http://www.monocle.com/sections/business/Magazine-Articles/Under-growth---Germany/With roads gridlocked, delivering goods in the world’s cities is a growing problem.Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:08:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2269http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Cable-vision---Colombia/Cable cars are normally used by skiers and tourists, but in Colombia they are used to transport the masses.Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:07:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2244http://www.monocle.com/sections/business/Magazine-Articles/Let-us-prey---USA/Miami property is in the middle of the great American stare-down, says Ron Shuffield, president of EWM Realtors.Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:05:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2266http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Bang-on-track---Thailand/You might want to avoid Bangkok until at least 2012, as builders will be tearing the city apart to install 404km of mass transit. Work will begin on six lines this year and three more in 2009, vowed the finance minister, Surapong Suebwonglee, who overseesThu, 17 Apr 2008 10:02:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2239http://www.monocle.com/sections/business/Magazine-Articles/Prime-mover---Tokyo/Mitsubishi built Tokyo's first office block, in the Marunouchi district, 114 years ago, and the firm is behind the area's current redevelopment into a major financial centre.Fri, 21 Mar 2008 10:10:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2170http://www.monocle.com/sections/business/Magazine-Articles/To-buy-or-not-to-buy---Dubai/Dubai property prices continue their meteoric rise, with Cairo-based HC Securities & Investment predicting the city-state will witness "unprecedented" price hikes this year.Fri, 21 Mar 2008 08:25:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2165http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Street-talker---France/Her parents are from Algeria and she has spent her life working for radical campaign groups, but now Fadela Amara is at the heart of government in France.Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:40:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2155http://www.monocle.com/sections/edits/Magazine-Articles/Observation---Issue-12/Last year's C40 summit in New York was a good start but the leaders of the world's major cities need to get out even more to keep an eye on the competition and form alliances. London is facing a thin field for its upcoming leadership race.Thu, 20 Mar 2008 08:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2146http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Cuban-healing---Miami/Cuban exiles and their offspring in Miami are drawing up a comprehensive blueprint to redevelop Havana.Thu, 20 Mar 2008 05:08:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2133http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/View-finding---Australia/It is aqua-therapy of sorts.Thu, 20 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2143http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Re-enter-the-dragon---Seoul/Imagine if New York's Central Park had been occupied by a foreign army for the past century.Thu, 20 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2140http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/A-bridge-too-far---Hong-Kong/A 36km bridge from Hong Kong to Macau and Zhuhai may tender in the coming months.Thu, 20 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2141http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Remaking-Sydney-2----Australia/Sydney really only does two types of bar - top-end, or barn-like pubs stuffed with gaming machines. Forget about small, intimate bars for a drink.Thu, 21 Feb 2008 07:25:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2018http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Remaking-Sydney-1---Australia/Sydney is choking. So says the Danish urban planner Jan Gehl, who has been enlisted by Sydney to turn the city's downtown area into a better place.Thu, 21 Feb 2008 07:21:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2017http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Haunted-houses---Bangkok/Since Thailand's economy crashed in the 1997 Asian economic crisis, its capital has been dotted with the decaying shells of over 500 unfinished high-rise buildings.Thu, 21 Feb 2008 07:12:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2009http://www.monocle.com/sections/culture/Magazine-Articles/Monocle-music---March-to-a-different-beat/New York, home of the 21 sq m apartment, is a hostile environment for the working artist.Thu, 21 Feb 2008 07:10:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1970http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Mayor-of-the-moment---France/Bertrand Delanoë could teach President Sarkozy a thing or two about "breaking with the past".Thu, 21 Feb 2008 07:05:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1997http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Monaco-goes-maxi---Monaco/Geographically challenged the principality of Monaco has decided to follow the example of Singapore and Dubai and expand its footprint into the Mediterranean.Thu, 21 Feb 2008 07:02:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1995http://www.monocle.com/sections/design/Magazine-Articles/The-coast-is-cleared---Singapore--Rotterdam/Is your country too small? Make it bigger. Monocle reports from Singapore and the Netherlands.Thu, 17 Jan 2008 08:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1819http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Up-for-adoption--Global/Ministers and mayors hoping for re-election in 2008 should study these public policy initiatives with care.Thu, 22 Nov 2007 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1710http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Route-canal-work---Korea/Even its biggest fans would struggle to argue that Seoul is one of the world's most attractive capitals, but there are plans to further beautify the city.Thu, 25 Oct 2007 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1597http://www.monocle.com/sections/business/Magazine-Articles/Lifes-a-beach---Tauranga/Renowned as a New Zealand playground, the Bay of Plenty is enjoying a commercial makeover thanks to its thriving port, excellent transport links and booming population of entrepreneurs.Thu, 25 Oct 2007 02:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1624http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Keep-of-the-grass---Oslo/Is donating 100 sculptures to Oslo a wonderful gift or just a way of imposing bad taste on the public?Thu, 27 Sep 2007 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1415http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Price-gulf---Dubai/The most expensive city in the Middle East after Tel Aviv and one of the 50 most expensive places to live in the world, Dubai isn't getting cheaper any time soon.Thu, 27 Sep 2007 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1419http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Charm-offensive---Tokyo/Tokyo may be peaceful and calm but its governor is certainly not. Here he explains why his city has bad traffic (the Communists), what he thinks of modern Tokyo (vomit) and why kamikaze pilots were not suicide bombers.Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1261http://www.monocle.com/sections/design/Magazine-Articles/Rubble-with-a-cause---rising-from-the-ruins-in-Beirut/Last summer's war left parts of Lebanon in ruins and thousands homeless. A pair of Beirut-based architects wanted to help with the rebuilding and decided, quite literally, to pick up the pieces.Thu, 23 Aug 2007 08:10:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1223http://www.monocle.com/sections/edits/Magazine-Articles/Lunch-plans---Jaime-Lerner-architect-and-urban-planner/The former Mayor of Curitiba on the joys of gnocchi - and saving cities.Thu, 05 Jul 2007 16:11:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=966http://www.monocle.com/sections/culture/Magazine-Articles/Basque-in-the-glory---Bilbao/Has the Guggenheim improved the lives of the locals or just entertained art-loving tourists?Wed, 04 Jul 2007 04:37:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=923http://www.monocle.com/sections/business/Magazine-Articles/Wall-smart---USA/There's a bull run on high-design luxury flats on Wall Street.Wed, 04 Jul 2007 02:04:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=910http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Eastern-promises---Singapore/Across Singapore, apartment blocks are being replaced with taller towers by developers eager for prime plots.Tue, 03 Jul 2007 11:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=882http://www.monocle.com/sections/business/Magazine-Articles/Breaking-China---Urumqi/As investors notice the wealth of opportunity and resources in western China, the city of Urumqi is about to take centre stage.Thu, 28 Jun 2007 23:13:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=763http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Wi-Fi-first-city/Málaga, in sleepy Andalucía, is about to become the most Wi-Fied city in the world - for the moment at least.Thu, 28 Jun 2007 18:24:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=748http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Putting-up-the-Ritz---Russia/On 1 June, the Ritz-Carlton Moscow will open its doors after months of delay.Thu, 28 Jun 2007 16:57:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=744http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Drugs-guns-and-nice-sofas---Herat/On millionaires' row in Herat, elaborate palaces are being built by businessmen who have made fortunes from exploiting the needs of the new Afghanistan - or selling heroin.Thu, 28 Jun 2007 12:39:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=732http://www.monocle.com/sections/edits/Magazine-Articles/Observation---Issue-03/With some cities it's love at first sight, with others it's third time lucky. In the case of our editor-in-chief and Seoul, it's more of the latter.Thu, 28 Jun 2007 00:33:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=731http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Winner-takes-all---South-Korea/South Korea's sports tsars are currently scrabbling to bring home three major international sporting events.Mon, 25 Jun 2007 01:22:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=644http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Wheel-of-fortune---Singapore/Singapore's plans to rebrand itself as Asia's capital of fun are finally moving off the drawing board with the Singapore Flyer, a 42-storey-tall ferris wheel.Mon, 25 Jun 2007 01:07:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=643http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Build-me-Hong-Kong---South-Korea/Do South Korea's plans to build new cities to rival Hong Kong and Singapore add up?Mon, 25 Jun 2007 00:08:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=622http://www.monocle.com/sections/edits/Magazine-Articles/Observation---Issue-02/Editor's observation: If you could uproot your business and personal life, where would you go?Sun, 24 Jun 2007 18:54:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=618http://www.monocle.com/sections/business/Magazine-Articles/Mister-Midtown---Tokyo/Tetsuya Matsufuji is the man responsible for creating the ultimate retail environment - Tokyo Midtown.Sat, 23 Jun 2007 15:27:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=550http://www.monocle.com/sections/business/Magazine-Articles/Space-to-grow---Bremen/Bremen has reinvented itself as a hi-tech hub.Sat, 23 Jun 2007 01:38:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=530http://www.monocle.com/sections/business/Magazine-Articles/Into-Africa---Tangier/With the opening of a new port this summer, Tangier is set to become a key business centre.Sat, 19 May 2007 14:17:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=79Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:41:44 GMT