Denmark will limit the number of ‘non-Western’ residents in neighbourhoods to up to 30 percent to ‘reduce the risk of religious and cultural parallel societies’. The Social Democratic government made the announcement on Wednesday, and scrapped the controversial term ‘ghetto’ in its proposed legislation when referring to the country’s ‘disadvantaged neighbourhoods’. In the bill – a … Read more
Revealed: The interactive map of Japan that pinpoints neighbourhoods with noisy children so those who want a quieter life can avoid them The guide is called the Dorozoku Map. Dorozoku is an online term for loud people The map is powered by comments submitted by irritated residents Their remarks pop up when icons on the … Read more
Lockdown has been imposed on five Beijing neighbourhoods after just a handful of Covid-19 cases were detected in the Chinese capital. In total, 1.6million people have been ordered to stay at home after seven cases were reported on Wednesday, including six in southern Daxing district, while China reported 103 total cases nationally. China has been reporting … Read more
The level of a toxic car exhaust pollutant dropped across parts of south London following the scrapping of Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTN), according to a report. Levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) were higher at 11 south London streets when residential roads were closed and dropped when seven Wandsworth Council schemes were halted, The Telegraph reports. … Read more
A neighbourhood in the east end of Glasgow has been named the eighth coolest in the world in Time Out’s annual survey. Dennistoun is the only UK neighbourhood to make the top 20. More than 38,000 residents of cities across the world were surveyed for the list, questioned on where they most loved spending time … Read more
Children raised in greener neighbourhoods have higher IQs and lower levels of difficult behaviour, study finds Researchers looked at IQ and behaviour levels of 600 children aged 10 to 15 They used satellite imagery to examine greenery levels of their neighbourhoods For every three per cent increase in greenery IQ levels increased 2.6 points By … Read more