Whether you're looking for a new place to call home or want to get to grips with things in your own city, in this new book, Monocle unpacks what makes a great city.

How do we make better cities - places that work for people of all ages and backgrounds? How do we create cities that offer the obvious - good transport, good jobs - plus all the soft elements that really provide quality of life, from municipal swimming pools to rooftop clubs?

Monocle is passionate about creating better places to live. Every year it publishes a quality of life survey that ranks the top 25 cities. It has also interviewed mayors across all topics, researched the metropolises where pedestrians come first and met the people who have created the best parks, from small-scale to large-scale.

Find inspiration: for your own High Line, for creating desirable places, for turning a dirty river into a summer recreation area.

Packed with great images and fascinating reports, this book takes the urbanism debate out of city hall and explains what we need for inspired and inspiring life in the cities.