Taiwanese green economy lacks green lifestyle
While Taiwan is a major producer of low-carbon products, the island exports most of its products and there is only little domestic demand. Dr Lin Chun-Hsu ...
How Asian cities can return to their cycling roots
Aldrin Plaza, urban development officer at the Asian Development Bank explains how to promote cycling in Asian cities. While these cities have once been ...
Knowledge sharing in urban resilience
With the support of the World Bank and the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) the three countries Armenia, Kyrgyz Republic and ...
Moderne Stadtplanung baut auf Partizipation
Moderne Stadtplanung funktioniert nur unter Einbeziehung verschiedener Akteure. Von Bewohnern über Stadtbauräte, Wissenschaftler, Immobilienbranche, ...
The future of the build environment
The 2016 World Architecture Festival shortlist might show the future of housing and buildings. Among these are wooden skyscrapers and other proposals which ...
Participatory urban art app for more empathy and safety
Nigerian-American designer Ekene Ijeoma developed a new app to make people look up from their phones while walking, cycling or driving through New York to ...
City design matters for human health and environment
A new study by the University of Melbourne and the University of California, San Diego showed with the help of computer models how different factors ...
Urban trash turned into animal sculptures
Portugal-based street artist Bordalo II upcycles urban trash into colorful 3D murals. The aim is to raise awareness for wasteful habits and the impact of ...
First US recycling network for PV and solar panels
The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) set up the first US recycling program for photovoltaic and solar panels. The project includes many solar ...
IBM launched new cloud-based platform
Dubbed Project Data Works is the fastest data ingesting platform. At the same time it is the only one that can integrate all types of data and with that ...
