In late September, the city council of Paris approved a new resilience strategy. It will be launched this week and includes a number of measure to increase ...
How to make New Orleans’ front yards flood-proof
Reports of rainstorms in the gulf area, including the city of New Orleans, have been hitting the news over the last decade and longer. A local nonprofit ...
Preparing for weather extremes by means of nature
Thirty urban pilot projects in China are experimenting with ways to become more resilient against flooding, drought, pollution and heat waves. This is done ...
Deutscher Nachbarschaftspreis 2017: Landessieger Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Die Sieger des Nachbarschaftspreises 2017 wurden vor kurzem verkündet und SmartCityNews.global stellt nun im Rahmen einer Reihe von Artikeln den ...
Chicago shows how to make cities flood resistent
In the wake of recent super storms, resilience for cities through the prevention of flooding has become more important than ever. For Chicago, flooding has ...
Green building certifications boost sustainability globally
To assess the sustainability of buildings, governmental bodies all over the world have implemented rating systems for the sustainability of buildings. As ...
New high-efficiency residential solar panel by LG
LG unveiled a series of new residential solar panels that take the record at being highest in efficiency in their series so far. Although they look similar ...
Japan & Singapore sign MOC on cybersecurity
Singapore and Japan signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) to strengthen cybersecurity cooperation between the two countries on 18 September 2017. The ...
Vancouver on its way to become world’s greenest city
At the International Green Building Conference in Singapore last week, Andrea Reimer of the Vancouver City Council said that what Vancouver needs to become ...
Urban trees can keep buildings warm by protecting them from wind
A recent study has offered new knowledge that might help local governments design buildings, streets and city blocks to enhance peoples’ comfort while ...
