The banks of the Seine will soon become more pedestrian-friendly: On Monday, the city council has approved a plan that will ban cars from a 3.3 kilometer ...
A pioneer resilience strategy for Da Nang, Vietnam
A comprehensive and concrete roadmap to promote urban resilience has been drafted for the central-Vietnamese city Da Nang. Supported by 100 Resilient ...
Mapping streetlight data with sensors
MIT developed sensors that can be attached to vehicles that drive regularly at night, such as garbage trucks. These sensors collect information on the ...
New US law to support urban farms
The Urban Agricultural Act has been announced on Monday which if passed, can provide great support for urban farms all over the US. Especially in Detroit ...
Colombo to become a smart city
The Sri Lankan capital Colombo has been an important port city along the Indian Ocean for centuries. Now, the city is getting in shape for the 21st century ...
How Asian cities can return to their cycling roots
Aldrin Plaza, urban development officer at the Asian Development Bank explains how to promote cycling in Asian cities. While these cities have once been ...
Knowledge sharing in urban resilience
With the support of the World Bank and the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) the three countries Armenia, Kyrgyz Republic and ...
Moderne Stadtplanung baut auf Partizipation
Moderne Stadtplanung funktioniert nur unter Einbeziehung verschiedener Akteure. Von Bewohnern über Stadtbauräte, Wissenschaftler, Immobilienbranche, ...
The future of the build environment
The 2016 World Architecture Festival shortlist might show the future of housing and buildings. Among these are wooden skyscrapers and other proposals which ...
Participatory urban art app for more empathy and safety
Nigerian-American designer Ekene Ijeoma developed a new app to make people look up from their phones while walking, cycling or driving through New York to ...
