Kaohsiung
Crafting a Corridor of Good Living
No longer content to measure success in terms of cargo shipments, Kaohsiung is expanding green spaces and opening arts districts, to remake itself as a "great city to live in."
Former Curitiba Mayor Jaime Lerner
In Search of City Dwellers' Dreams
In the 1970s, an idealistic architect and urban planner named Jaime Lerner became mayor of Curitiba, Brazil, and employed a "culture of speed" to give his city a facelift.
Curitiba
Brazil's Easiest City to Live In
At the Rio+20 Earth Summit in June, Curitiba won a Global Green City Award, and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called it a model of sustainable development. How has it won such acclaim?
San Francisco
Rebuilding Faster by Going Slow
Cities are rushing to reinvent themselves to get an edge, but San Francisco's 40-year revitalization program proves that time is a necessary cost of urban renewal.
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee:
Partnership with People
San Francisco's first Chinese-American mayor Edwin M. Lee has been on board throughout the city's long process of urban renewal. In this exclusive interview, he explains how people, not government, ultimately drive success.