After the Brexit, many companies in London face an uncertain future and might be on the move to other cities within the European Union. CityLab takes a ...
How to globalize the sustainable city
The New Urban Agenda, which will be finalized at the Habitat III conference in October, aims to guide sustainable urbanization around the world for the ...
Most city dwellers want clean air zones
A survey by YouGov of more than 800 people found that 76% want clean air zones in order to bring their cities in line with European standards. According ...
Podcast: Improving urban spaces to create livable cities
While conversations about urban sustainability often focus on “big picture” policy issues, it may be the little things that make a city ...
Sydney aims for net zero emissions by 2050
As announced in its new five-year sustainability plan, the city of Sydney, Australia, aims to have net zero emissions by 2050. The city also targets to ...
Making climate resilience a core part of city development
Although cities are among the places most vulnerable to the effects of climate change, they are still mostly unprepared to deal with these challenges. To ...
How cities can accelerate their energy efficiency
Cities have more potential than ever to implement measures tio improve their level of energy efficiency, yet they face major barriers to many of the ...
Whitepaper: “Paving our way to a smarter city”
A new whitepaper by Future Processing outlines how technology and big data can work to our city’s advantage. In addition, the document presents ...
Santander: Die intelligenteste Stadt der Welt?
In der spanischen Stadt Santander ist der Begriff “Smart City” keine Utopie – vielmehr wird er hier, wie kaum woanders, “mit Leben gef ...
The risks of urbanization
In many countries, urbanization is a key driver of economic growth – at the same time, the process has unsustainable effects such as growing social ...
