... Arabia urban planning cities housing migration In January 2022, a photo went viral in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia’s second-largest city. It showed a wall on which the word ikhla (“vacate”) was spray-painted. In the southern quarters of the city, this word had quickly become an indication...

... pandemic cities urban planning labor housing transportation On March 23, 2020, the city of Toronto declared a state of emergency as the COVID-19 pandemic precipitated sudden and dramatic changes in urban life around the world. Initially, the city became eerily quiet. Public transit ridership fell...