Chicago is getting its “fitness trackers”: As part of the project “Array of Things”, the city has begun installing sensors that ...
China envisions to merge cities to vast urban clusters
China is apparently planning to merge neighbouring cities to vast urban areas of up to 50 million people. With forming such “urban clusters” ...
Panasonic beteiligt sich an Smart City-Projekt in Berlin
Panasonic beteiligt sich erstmals auch in Deutschland an einem Smart City-Projekt: Zusammen mit der Wohnungsgesellschaft GSW Sigmaringen will der ...
How Moscow reinvented itself as a city for people
Four years ago, Moscow’s Mayor Sergei Sobyanin committed to focus on creating a city for its people. Since then, the Russian capital has transformed ...
Meet Austria’s smart city of the future
On the site of an abandoned airfield in the outskirts of Vienna, city planners aim to build a smart city from scratch. At once a construction and research ...
How to increase urban density and liveability
The rapid growth of urban population raises a critical questions for city planners: Where to put all these residents? One solution might be to increase ...
How to make a city regenerative
The concept of a “regenerative city” applies ecological principles to urban redevelopment in order to make the city environmentally and ...
Leben in Deutschland: Zurück auf’s Land?
Zwanzig Jahre lang sind mehr Deutsche in die Stadt gezogen als auf’s Land – ein Trend, der sich nun umgekehrt hat, wie die Wanderungssalden ...
Imaging a truly sustainable city
No more waste and 100 percent renewable energy – Gary Gardner, director of publications at the Worldwatch Institute, has a clear idea on how a truly ...
MINI goes urban living
British car maker MINI, known for its unique and compact cars, has launched an installation of an urban housing concept, called “MINI LIVING”. ...
