Activists in San José (Cost Rica) show how to take initiative and reduce traffic problems without waiting for politics to tackle the issue through ...
Warum Deutschland eine Verkehrswende benötigt
In einem Interview mit Bizz Energy spricht Klaus Töpfer, ehemaliger Bundesumweltminister und Exekutivdirektor des UN-Umweltprogramms, unter anderem über ...
How do cities approach gentrification?
A new US report sheds light on the practices of city governments in the struggle to ensure affordable housing. As the population of cities is growing in ...
Struggle over how high to set London’s air pollution measures
The publishing of a new report from the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) coincides with the high court ruling on the air quality plan of the ...
Public-private restrooms for German cities
Many cities lack a good amount of public restrooms that are at the same time clean and well maintained. The “Nette Toilette” (nice toilet) ...
Washington D.C. is about to become a smart city
Officials have developed a strategy that aims at achieving the long-term vision of a truly connected smart city. The city and Cisco, a multinational ...
Civic participation in the digitalization process
In the process of adopting smart technology for the development of a city, the local population has to be engaged. Citizens have to informed about the ...
An information pavilion that can be turned into benches
The Madrid-based collective Zuloark developed an information pavilion for this year’s European Capital of Culture, San Sebastian. The event lasts ...
Landscape planning and design for urban resilience
A new online guide for urban landscape planning was published by the American Society of Landscape Architects. It shows with examples how the risk natural ...
Which is the most visited city worldwide in 2016?
The multinational financial services corporation Mastercard published for the seventh year in a row the Global Destination Cities Index. In total there are ...
