Urban renewal

A woman works out with apartment buildings behind her

How single women are driving gentrification in Hong Kong and elsewhere

Not only are single women emerging as a growing and critical aspect of the economy in cities around the world, they are also driving increasingly unaffordable real estate markets. But women at the other end of the income spectrum, particularly single mothers, bear the brunt of gentrification.

Fernando Palazuelo

This Spanish developer helped rebuild Lima and now he’s betting big on remaking Detroit

The World

Living Cities aims to stretch philanthropic dollars