The benefits of urban parks for the environment and humans are well-known. How to finance the green areas however is a major challenge for many cities that ...
Actual commitment to realize the New Urban Agenda
Despite low turnouts of heads of state and top-end experts at Habitat III, which some see as a sign of low political commitment, there is a great belief by ...
Dubai is building again tallest building in the world
Dubai is outperforming itself in building the talles skyscraper in the world. Construction of the Tower at Dubai Creek Harbour is under way which will ...
How the Repair Café fixes more than broken things
In 2013, Peter Skinner found the Repair Café in Palo Alto (USA) which adopts the idea of a grassroot movement from the Netherlands: bringing people ...
Ladesäulen für Elektroautos an europäischen Autobahnen
Das europäische Industrie-Konsortium Ultra-E plant bis Anfang 2018 25 Ladesäulen für Elektroautos aufzustellen. Diese sollen sich an Autobahnen in den ...
Sustainability science is learning from traditional knowledge
Sustainability science is increasingly drawing on traditional knowledge. Especially in the field of forest and food management there is much to learn from ...
Smart city cooperation between Russia and India
In a meeting between India and Russia which covered a wide area of topics, the two countries signed a deal over the cooperation for smart city projects. ...
Tesla: first entirely autonomous car on roads by 2018
Although the software that Tesla develops for its self-driving cars still needs to be validated and authorized by regulaters, the company announced to put ...
Damage tracking for buildings
Researchers at MIT developed a new computational program that can track the vibrations to which a building is exposed. This information is then analyzed ...
Skype name can be used for other Microsoft services
Starting from next week, Microsoft will enable its users to sign in other Microsoft services, such as Office or OneDrive, with their Skype name. This ...
