Urbanization
City trends of today and tomorrow.
Gain insights into urban development all over the globe.
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Categories: Society
Small Islands, Large Impact: Sustainability Lessons From 3 Islands
Islands are among the most vulnerable places to climate change. Especially given that islands contribute to a fraction of the global greenhouse gas emissions, the climate change risks they're facing are disproportional.
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Categories: Urbanization
These 5 Cities Are Implementing Unique Climate Solutions
Even though cities cover only 3 percent of the earth's surface, they host more than half of its population and produce about three-quarters of global carbon emissions. Here are 5 cities implementing Unique Climate Solutions.
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Categories: Society
These 4 Cities Are Striding Towards Carbon Neutrality
The world’s urban population more than quadrupled in the last 60 years and recently reached 4.4 billion, with no signs of slowing down. Hence, unsurprisingly, cities are responsible for about 75 percent of the global carbon emissions.
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Categories: Urbanization
Circular Economy in Construction: Why Training and Exposure Are Key for Transition
Following the industrial revolution, much of our consumption followed a linear model of “take-make-waste", and buildings are no exception. A rising alternative to this is the circular economy, a holistic approach to economic progress to benefit businesses, society, and the environment.
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Categories: Urbanization
5 Things to Consider When Choosing a Service Provider
Outsourcing technical services recently emerged as a crucial business strategy. Even if the managers had the technical skills to attend to all the needs of their facilities, outsourcing saves time, money, and hassle.
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Categories: Urbanization
Biodiversity in Construction: From a Conundrum to Possibilities
Biodiversity is the variety of life on the Earth. Its spectrum might include anything from the number of species of plants, animals, microorganisms, and the gene pools in these species to the different ecosystems on the planet, such as deserts, rainforests, and coral reefs.
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Categories: Technology
These 3 Smart Cities In Making Will Shape the Future of Urbanism
A smart city is an urban settlement that uses technology to solve problems and optimize city life. This idea can come to fruition in two ways: Some cities, such as Singapore or Dubai, are working on becoming "smart cities" via infrastructural updates and investments.
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Categories: Architecture
Crown Sydney: First Look at the Sydney Skyline’s New Icon
First inhabited by the Aboriginal locals some 50,000 years ago, Sydney was one of the most significant cities in the Western world by the 19th century. Currently home to over 5 million Sydneysiders, it remains Australia's most populous city and commercial center.
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Categories: Technology
This is How Digitization Will Impact Multifamily Housing Living
The Jetsons, the 1960s futurist cartoon that was made in the US, depicted the namesake family living in Skypad Apartment in the year 2062, in a city called Orbit. The family of four — and their dog — enjoyed a leisurely life in a smart home, complete with a robot maid, flying cars, and other whimsical inventions.
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Categories: Urbanization
The Circle: A Smart Micro-City Within Zurich Airport
As their planes descend on the Zurich Airport, passengers can catch a glimpse of a boomerang-shaped structure enveloping a 80,000 square-meter greenery and an attractive complex that will fulfill all their needs. What the travelers might see is The Circle.
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Categories: Society
Slums Can Inspire the Future of Cities. Here’s Why.
Around a billion people worldwide live in slums, informal settlements typically populated by the urban poor. These residents represent a third of the global urban population and drive over 90 percent of its growth. By 2030, there'll be two billion slum dwellers, residing primarily in Asian and African countries.
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Categories: Technology
eTennis: Facilitating Access to Passion
“Why has slamming a ball with a racquet become so obsessive a pleasure for so many of us?" mused cultural critique, Nat Hentoff. “It seems clear to me that a primary attraction of the sport is the opportunity it gives to release aggression physically without being arrested for felonious assault."
