Michael Dudley

<p>Urban ethnic enclaves are nothing new. But Peace Village, just north of Toronto, is: it's Canada's first all-Muslim subdivision, where houses feature separate rooms for men and women, and the streets are filled with pedestrians.</p>

<p>While Canada's enclosed shopping malls are aging, developers are finding new and profitable ways of redeveloping them.</p>

<p>The public library system in Jackson County, Oregon, is part of a growing trend: outsourcing and privatizing public services.</p>

<p>More than two decades after a nuclear disaster forced a mass evacuation of the Chernobyl region, forests and wildlife have returned. Now it has become a premier vacation destination and the site of lavish homes.</p>

<p>In an interview with French architect Françoise-Hélène Jourda, the newspaper <em>Le Monde</em> asks about sustainable development and the future of architecture.</p>