What kind of city do adolescents want? One that combines a technological future with the need for boundaries
There are an increasing number of projects requesting the collaboration of younger people in order to hear their proposals regarding urbanism
Urban overcrowding and rural depopulation: Are there any solutions to these problems?
How can we address the depopulation of the countryside caused by rural flight? Several European initiatives are bearing fruit
The water challenge: how to provide water for the world’s population in a sustainable manner
It’s expected that half of the world’s population will live in water-scarce areas by 2025. How can we face this enormous challenge?
The cost of high density
Cities generate large economic returns, but the costs of increased density may fall on people that don’t receive the bulk of these returns
The challenge of redesigning cities to adapt to an ageing population
Urban environment is primarily designed for young people of working age. How are cities meant to cope with an ageing population?
Technology to fight child exploitation: a tool not to be underestimated
Technologies such as blockchain are being deployed to fight child exploitation by bringing more transparency to supply chains.
Technology in smart cities: from chips to people
Oscar Chamat explains how, perhaps, Latin American cities should focus on aspects such as quality of public spaces over technology
Success story: urban regeneration in the municipality of Gaziosmanpa?a after the earthquake in 1999
Authorities accelerated its reconstruction with the goal of building sustainable cities that show resilience in the event of disasters
Sameh Wahba, World Bank: “Policies that can enable the creation of denser cities may be fiscal but also administrative”
The Global Director for the World Bank’s Urban, Disaster Risk Management, Resilience and Land Global Practice, shares his thoughts on dense and resilient cities.
Robots are already making our lives easier in these three cities
AI and automation are already being deployed in the area of public services in a few cities, paving the road for the rest of the world