After four iterations and 38 hours of nonstop negotiations at the UN headquarters in New York over the weekend, the final draft of the New Urban Agenda was ...
The Gramercy District: Building a smart city from scratch
Just outside of Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, a group of business leaders, researchers and developers are trying to build a smart ...
MasterCard showcases solutions for smart cities in India
MasterCard is keen on collaborating with the Indian government to provide technologies for the Smart Cities iniative in the country. As part of the 45th ...
Final draft of New Urban Agenda released
After 38 hours of nonstop negotiations at UN headquarters in New York over the weekend, there’s a consesus on the final draft of the New Urba Agenda ...
Can gamification help to improve cities?
The hype around Pokémon Go and other games that are currently being played in public places, such as Monopoly at Trafalgar Square in London, makes some ...
Die Stadt als Schwamm im Klimawandel
Experten zufolge müssen wir uns aufgrund des anhaltenden Klimawandels auf immer mehr Extremwetterereignisse wie Überflutungen gefasst machen. Zahlreiche ...
Zurich ranked as world’s most sustainable city
According to a new global ranking released by Dutch building consulting company Arcadis, Zurich is the world’s most sustainable city, performing best ...
Building a future for green concrete
Even though concrete has a much bigger carbon footprint than the aviation industry, the material is often overlooked in discussion of emission cuts. ...
Umfrage: Deutsche befürworten die Smart City
Während auf der Internationalen Funkausstellung die neuesten Trends und Endgeräte präsentiert werden, veröffentlichten Kaspersky Lab und Statistia eine ...
How to create liveable, climate resilient cities
As a coastal city, the Danish capital Copenhagen is particularly at risk of climage change impacts such as rising sea levels. In an interview with Eco- ...
