Business / Urbanism
Prinzessinnengarten
August 2010
Urban gardening: We spend a day on the farm in deepest Berlin to find out how urban agriculture is taking root in the German capital.
Design / Urbanism
City slickers
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Affairs / Urbanism
Most liveable city: Munich
June 2010
As Munich jumps back up the scale to our No 1 spot, we look at what makes it Monocle's most liveable city. We explore the urban environment and talk to its visionary thinkers to uncover how and why this city has usurped…
Edits / Urbanism
Property prospectus: George Town
March 2012
George Town, on the Malaysian island of Penang, is a former British trading outpost rich with post-colonial charm. Now it’s drawing in a new batch of entrepreneurs who are converting old shop-houses into everything from…
Affairs / Urbanism
Murmansk: Arctic revival
October 2007
Many Russian cities might seem like they are at the end of the world, but Murmansk really is. Following the break-up of the USSR, the city and its naval base went into decline, but the riches offered by its Arctic location…
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Affairs / Urbanism
Tällberg: Christine Loh
July 2007
Christine Loh spent spent 14 years in the commercial world before becoming a member of the Hong Kong Legislative Council. She chose to retire from front-line politics in 2000 to set up a non-profit public policy think tank…
Affairs / Urbanism
Concrete circus
September 2012
Maputo's turbulent history includes colonial rule, war and regime change. And it's a rich history told in the buildings that line the streets of Mozambique's capital.
Edits / Urbanism
Best Urban Farm Projects
August 2011
Monocle’s favourite cities combine small-scale neighbourhoods with green spaces, but not all cities were built with the right foundations for future growth and sustainability. We champion four urban innovators who see…
Affairs / Urbanism
Tällberg: Jacqueline McGlade
July 2007
Professor Jacqueline McGlade became executive director of the European Environment Agency in Copenhagen in 2003. She is on leave from her post as Professor in Environmental Informatics in the Department of Mathematics at…
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Edits / Urbanism
Top 25 Most Liveable Cities 2009
June 2009
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. For the survey in full read issue 25 of Monocle – the July-August 09 issue. But a…
Affairs / Urbanism
Most liveable city: Copenhagen
June 2013
World-conquering urban quality of life requires the trickiest of balancing acts between progress and preservation, stimulation and security, global and local. Perfection is unobtainable but Copenhagen is striking one of the…
Affairs / Urbanism
Most liveable city: Helsinki
June 2011
Helsinki claims the number 1 spot in Monocle’s 2011 Quality of Life survey, which ranks the top 25 cities in the world to call home. Rising from fifth position in 2010, Helsinki outperformed Zürich at number 2 and Copenhagen…
