As UK city authorities lack funding from national government, cities like Brighton and Hove have started crowdfunded campaigns to iniitate urban ...
City in Spain inverts pyramid for intercity travel to reduce car traffic
The city of Pontevedra in Spain has successfully gotten rid of most of its car traffic by implementing certain restrictions and putting the people first ...
China to reuse rainwater with sponge cities
China is adressing the struggle to accommodate rapid urban migration to environmentally sensitive and low-lying areas with a its very ambitious sponge ...
India to get a hyperloop in near future through HTT deal
Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, competitor to Hyperloop One, announced a deal with the state of Andhra Pradesh in southeast India to build a ...
‘UN Urban’, a proposed reform of ‘UN Habitat’ heavily criticised
UN urban, a first-ever international body focused on urban sustainability was proposed in August as a new approach to refor the existing UN body UN-Habitat ...
Höhere Bezuschussung an Kommunen für saubere Luft
Dieselgipfel zwischen Bund, Ländern und Kommunen wurde vereinbart, dass der zwischen Politik und Autobranche Fonds „Nachhaltige Mobilität für die ...
What are innovation districts?
Brookings, a century old research institute describing itself as ‘think tank’ said to continue its work on innovation districts. But, what are ...
Singapore to build vertical fish farms
Consulting firm Surbana Jurong and Apollo Aquaculture Group have developed a solution to improve food security in Singapore, and unveiled their urban ...
UN urged to tackle urbanization using climate mechanisms
An umbrella group of urban constituencies known as the General Assembly of Partners (GAP) is pressing the issue of a needed response to rapid urbanization ...
Solarplicity starts major solar installation and community energy scheme
Solar company Solarplicity is bringing to life a major new solar installation scheme that will deliver £192m in energy savings for the poorest of ...
