What is a Smart City and How Can a City Boost Its IQ?
Earlier this month, the World Bank hosted a Smart Cities for All workshop in Washington, DC which convened experts from the United Nations, academia, government agencies, non-profits and industry. The...
View ArticleFor Cities: To Be [DENSE] or Not to Be [DENSE], That Is [NOT] the Question
A paper, called Growing Cities Sustainably, was recently published in the Journal of the American Planning Association, which generated much debate on the benefits and disadvantages of the “compact”...
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The Buzz of Cities
For bees, bigger hives are better. Last week researchers at the University of Arizona published their findings: bees of bigger hives have more information and forage better. With improved...
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Cities on the Move
Thoughts on urban growth from Kiel to Nairobi I’m writing at the end of a long, dusty mission, after numerous plane, train and car journeys. In fact, 1/7th of my time has been spent on being...
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Despite expectations, cities in East Asia are becoming denser
When we think of urban expansion in the 21st century, we often think of ‘sprawl’, a term that calls to mind low-density, car-oriented suburban growth, perhaps made up of single-family homes. Past...
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