The country’s infrastructure is already one of the world’s safest, and investment in risk management is ramping up.

By adding trees and taming traffic on the Champs Elysées, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo promises a car-free makeover for the French capital’s iconic boulevard. 

While the “15-minute city” model promotes neighborhood-level urban planning, Sweden is pursuing a hyper-local twist: a scheme to redesign every street in the nation.  

Here’s your guide to documentaries, movies and TV shows about social justice, local government, the environment and of course, cities.

The new book “Neighborhood of Fear” shows the rise of suburban vigilantes and NIMBYs in the late part of the 20th century. Author Kyle Riismandel explains how those groups still wield power today.