In its latest attempt to tackle air pollution, the city of Paris, France, has announced it will ban cars that were built before 1997: From July 1, cars ...
The role of cities in preventing crisis
Due to the rapid growth in urban population, cities are a major factor of the modern global economy. Accordingly, cities are key for both triggering and ...
Jaipur: India’s leading smart city?
Thanks to its partnership with technology company Cisco, the city of Jaipur, India, is rapidly transforming into a digital city of the future. Shikhar ...
The green economy could solve Europe’s employment crisis
While Europe is stuck in an employment crisis, the green economy is steadily growing and projected to generate 20 million new jobs by 2020. Anna Lisa ...
Sri Lanka: entire province as one huge smart city?
The island of Sri Lanka could take the idea of a smart city to a new level as it plans to transform its entire Western Province into one large connected ...
Wie Berlin zur Smart City werden will
Berlin will zur Smart City werden – doch was versteht man in der Hauptstadt darunter? Welche urbanen Konzepte und Lösungen sollen dazu beitragen? Wä ...
Imaging Detroit as a city of the future
Detroit is known as “the capital of urban ruins” and yet, it will represent the United States as a city of the future at this year’s ...
How technology is protecting a major seaport
Seaports belong to the critical infrastructure of cities – accordingly, the possibility of an attack is a legitimate concern among city leaders. One ...
Using light to feed tomorrow’s cities
In its city farming resarch facility in Eindhoven, Netherlands, technology company Philips is exploring the use of blue and red lights to boost faster ...
Online game aims to tackle air pollution
In an attempt to curb air pollution in cities, a consortium of universities and research institutions takes an innovative approach: Under a new project, ...
