Extreme weather has increased in Europe over the last decades putting cities’ infrastructure at risk. Political and societal action is needed to ...
Smart and sustainable high-tech solutions for Asian cities
Eco-Business takes a look at how three of Asia’s smartest urban areas are harnessing technology to future-proof themselves. Eco-Business …
Great architecture through more or less regulation?
A number of arguments have been brought forward for more or less regulation of the US building sector. This article argues against less regulations and ...
Report stresses benefit of building greenery
A recently published report of Arup, a global engineering company, demostrates how urban greenery on the ground and covering buildings are advantageous. ...
German firms help Indian cities to become smarter
With 40 years of experience in providing clean energy, water treatment and urban mobility solutions, German smart city solution firms will extend their ...
Urbanisierung – ein essentielles Thema der internationalen Politik
Aufgrund des enormen bevorstehenden Urbanisierungschubes ist es dringend notwendig das Thema “Urbanisierung” zu einer zentralen Angelegenheit ...
“Super-green” city service building planned in California
A new project of engineering a “super-green” city service buidling has been started in Santa Monica, California. The main features of the high ...
Chengdu – an example for implementing climate commitments
As a part of a worldwide coalition committed to climate actions, the Chinese city of Chengdu shows how an ambitious action plan for becoming a low-carbon ...
Ahmedabad receives funding for big urban redevelopment
The fifth biggest Indian city Ahmedabad received funding for an urban redevelopment project of almost 70 hectares area. Under the Economically Weaker ...
Rapidly growing number of cities is going “low-carbon”
The report “It Takes a City: The Case for Collaborative Climate Actions” (Carbon Disclosure Project) identified more than 1,000 economic ...
