Every day, more people become city dwellers. The challenge of urban existence is to balance its benefits and its drawbacks.

Living in a big city certainly has its perks, but research suggests that air and noise pollution and a lack of green spaces can be detrimental to our health and well-being. There's no denying the ...

I've lived most of my life in the suburbs. I was raised just outside Washington, DC, in Alexandria, Virginia. My wife and I settled in Glendale, California, a few miles from the center of Los Angeles, ...

Live in a city? You should probably look to escape at least once every three weeks, according to new research. A study examining the lifestyle differences of city and suburban dwellers pinpointed just ...

Glasgow is notorious for the same ills that plague city dwellers everywhere. Is urban life itself harmful to humans – or can we rethink cities so that they can help us to thrive? If you live in ...

There’s plenty of debate over the future of sustainable urban planning. Is it outer suburban sprawl that’s unsustainable, or is it high-density inner city living that’s at fault? Brendan Gleeson ...

After more than a century of dumping toxins into the air and water, humans are finally embracing concepts that sustained the species for tens of thousands of years. It is clear that people and nature ...