Despite the increasing number of partnerships between cities and tech companies, apps and sensors alone won’t solve our urban problems. The Bosten ...
Tokio: Kleinstadtidylle in der Megacity
Tokio ist eine Stadt der Gegensätze: Einerseits leben hier 38 Millionen Menschen auf engstem Raum zusammen, andererseits findet man unweit der Hauptstraß ...
Expand the frontiers of urban sustainability
While awareness for sustainable concepts such as green buildings and walkable cities rises, the prevailing model of urban sustainability seems to be too ...
Can Pokémon Go be a blueprint for urban engagement?
Since early July, young people are roaming cities with their smartphones to hunt Pokémons. What urban planners have tried for several years now, the ...
Can the Olympics boost sustainability?
Although the International Olympic Committee has made the environment one of the dimensions of “Olympism”, the actual sustainability of its ...
Why Vienna ranks on top of quality-of-life lists
In almost every list that ranks the quality-of-life of international cities, Vienna appears at or near the top. Citiscope explains why residents of the ...
Umfrage: Mit welchen Smart City-Lösungen arbeiten Sie?
Aufgrund deren hoher Komplexität, sind Kommunen bei der Umsetzung von Konzepten, Initiativen und Projekten im Themenbereich “Smart City” hä ...
Dubai enters phase two of smart city strategy
While most municipal governments around the world are just beginning to explore smart city projects these days, Dubai is already more than a decade into an ...
Airbnb goes urban planning
The largest home-share community, Airbnb, has launched a new innovation lab, called Samara, to explore city planning and development. In its first venture ...
Will Rio be a smarter city after the Olympics?
In order to organize this year’s Olympics, tons of new technology were installed across Rio de Janeiro. It was believed this would put Rio among the ...
