Editor's note

Dhaka’s notoriously slow traffic ground to a halt earlier this month, when students blockaded the streets to check drivers’ licences. The protests – which called for safer roads, after two teenagers were killed by a speeding bus – took on a deeper significance when the government blocked mobile internet access and arrested renown photographer and activist Shahidul Alam, in an attempt to smother opposition. Mark Lacy reflects on the power which comes with controlling circulation – whether of information, or of people – in the city.

One million people have been told to flee their homes on the US East Coast due to the threat of Hurricane Florence. Such scale may be large, but this is not a rare phenomenon. Yet we persist on living and building on risky coastal areas, despite the threat of coastal erosion and natural disaster, a threat that is ever-exacerbated by climate change. Luciana Esteves thinks it’s time we accepted that those living in the riskiest areas will have to be relocated – and explores a few places that are already doing so.

After being on the receiving end of the European Union’s toughest sanction, you might think Hungary’s Viktor Orbán would go home and think about making some changes to his “illiberal democracy”. Unfortunately, that’s unlikely to happen. With European elections on the horizon, he is busy forming alliances that he hopes will shape the union in his vision.

Emily Lindsay Brown

Editor for Cities and Young People

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Monirul Alam/EPA

Dhaka: how speeding bus drivers sparked a student insurrection

Mark Lacy, Lancaster University

Young people raised their voices in the streets and online – but a government crackdown seeks to silence them.

Jaroslav Moravcik/Shutterstock.com

Climate change: we need to start moving people away from some coastal areas, warns scientist

Luciana Esteves, Bournemouth University

Relocation from risky areas is the only safe response.

Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban appearing before the European Parliament on September 11. EPA/Patrick Seeger

Hungary sanctions: don’t expect Viktor Orbán to back down after parliament vote

Umut Korkut, Glasgow Caledonian University

The proudly illiberal leader is forging new alliances ahead of European elections next year.

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