Residents of Hong Kong and other high-income Asian cities live longer than urban dwellers in other world regions. Hong Kong, Osaka, Tokyo and Singapore come out on top of a new study of 129 world metropolitan regions. The study by LSE Cities is part of new research launched at the 2011 Urban Age Hong Kong ‘Cities, Health and Well-being’ conference.

This year's MSc City Design and Social Science students are working on the Barbican arts centre and housing development for their City Design Research Studio project. The London focus is supplemented by the annual international field trip, this time to Ahmedabad in India. Also, applications for the MSc and PhD programme starting in October 2012 are still open.