Trees-as-Infrastructure: Ensuring Cool, Green and Resilient Cities
Milton Keynes is testing driverless buses as part of its efforts to enhance urban mobility
Walking the walk: Central and Eastern European cities leading the way in active mobility
Paris has already cut its air pollution by half, but this is only the beginning
The Sounds –or Noises– of Cities: Can Electric Mobility Make a City More Inclusive?
Exercise and urban gyms: the solution for staying fit in cities
Habitat 67: a brutalist icon where suburban home meets urban apartment
How Cities Are Placing People at the Center of Urban Mobility Transformations
Cleaner, quieter, more affordable: How pneumatic waste collection works
From Streets to Society: How Urban Planning is Shaping a Human-Centered Future
The water scarcity problem (and how cities are preparing to tackle it)
How underutilized urban spaces are being repurposed for sports
How can cities help visually impaired people?
Are prefab homes the solution to housing access in the UK?
Fiat factory to mixed-use building: an architectural history of the iconic Lingotto
The case for congestion pricing: the benefits beyond the controversy
Are power grids ready for zero-emission mobility?
Columbus, the smart city leading by example
How Valencia and Tallinn are using entrepreneurship to mitigate disasters
Head in the clouds – Feet on the ground: radical solutions for the skyscrapers of the future
How Chinese cities and the private sector are working to boost Low-Speed EVs and move away from fuel-driven vehicles
Makerspaces for economic development and social cohesion
Winter Placemaking: Turning Cold Cities into Vibrant Hubs
Mobile ticketing is taking off in cities thanks to Low Emission Zones
How technology is being used to optimize city landfill sites and reduce emissions
Pornainen (Finland) plans to store solar and wind energy during the harsh Nordic winter
Fukushima after the catastrophe: What’s the current situation and how do its residents live
Electric cars and on-street charging: how to overcome this problem?
Beyond decarbonization: How direct air capture seeks to drive the energy industry
Five years of COVID-19: how a tragedy changed cities for good
How cities around the world are tackling poverty
Five smart city trends expected for 2025
Is it possible to save suburbs from themselves?
Unexpected risks of urban wildfires: How smoke and soot threaten cities
Singles and urbanism: towards cities with fewer couples
Zero emissions trains: are they worth the hype?
What is the BIM methodology, and how is it transforming civil engineering and construction?
Dubai is on a mission to introduce over 100 flying cars by 2026
The mobility pyramid: a roadmap for a future of sustainable urban transport
Internet of forests’ technology introduced to protect rainforests in Colombia
How generative AI is shaping today’s cities
Can we combat poverty with an app?
Drone in a box: a solution for emergency response
What is permeable paving?
How Washington is testing low carbon district energy systems to improve its sustainability
Clean energy: what is it and under what circumstances is it possible?
Social equity: what is it and how is it epitomized in Iceland
Smart hospitals: how they’re helping to make healthcare more efficient
How AI-powered LiDAR technology is rapidly gaining momentum, playing a transformative role in enhancing life within smart cities
This is how electric vehicle charging points can be integrated into the urban architecture
UK cities are implementing advanced noise detection systems to enhance emergency response times and potentially save more lives
Biofuel for the aeronautical industry: What are the pros, cons, and impact on cities?
Empty offices are costing cities a fortune (and how some are fighting to change this disastrous situation)
Oceanix in Busan, the world’s first prototype of a resilient and sustainable floating community
What does it take to be the happiest city in the world?
AI and small countries: How Rwanda and Singapore aim to achieve remarkable results despite their limited geographic size
Tallinn, Estonia, wants to replace landfilling with circular economy
How London’s electric buses are reducing the city’s carbon footprint
Cities and maternity: how new urban planning can help with pregnancy and breastfeeding practices
Drones to the rescue: How these devices are easing the impact of hurricanes and other disasters
AI Chatbots in City Governance: Enhancing Public Services and Citizen Engagement
How are European cities coping with gas restrictions?
Dubai’s innovative urban cooling technology: How district cooling works
A quick overview of the leading initiatives driving the deployment of robotaxis for the streets of tomorrow
South Korea is studying marine carbon capture: What is this technology and what are its applications?
How traffic data can make cities safer and more efficient
Urban data management: smart strategies for smart cities
The Rise of Lovable Cities at Global Race for Talent
How will smart airports change the way we travel?
Walkable cities: Promoting better health and essential for enhanced decision-making
South Korea’s self-cleaning roads: a social media sensation
AI for Modern City Administration: Revolutionising Public Sector Efficiency
CopenPay: How Copenhagen wants to be greener with responsible tourism
Eight innovative uses for drones that are already in play
From promises to progress: these cities are achieving their climate goals
Fire protection technology: how New Orleans improved its safety by providing free smoke detectors
The re-emergence of the tram: transport for the sustainable transition
How some cities are safeguarding worker health and safety amid heat waves
What are passive houses and what are their energy benefits
Korea now supplies its most remote islands by drone
Rubber in playgrounds: an unexpected source of land pollution?
Why are micro-mobility companies failing to take off?
Are illuminated pedestrian crossings effective in preventing accidents?
Designing for all: principles of universal access in public transportation
This is how emergency systems work in a smart city
Tire dust: the great hidden pollutant in road traffic
La Rinconada, Peru: Living in the highest altitude city in the world
Wood: A key material for the new generation of sustainable development
How the city of Pontevedra became a pioneer in pedestrianizing its streets
Ellinikon, Greece’s futuristic smart city project in an abandoned airport
The Paris Olympics and the Urban Heat Island Effect
How Japan managed to avoid the costly price of earthquakes
Why Brazil shouldn’t be the first country to regulate Artificial Intelligence
Brazilian Startups: Overcoming the Decline in Investments with Efficient Public Policies
The algorithm that clears the way for emergency vehicles
The momentum of smart cities in Latin America
The seven cities with the worst air quality in the world
Global birthrate decline: examining trends across Asia, Africa, and the USA
Could a super-fire lead to an urban catastrophe in Asia?
Practical approach for creating autism friendly urban environments
How can cities benefit from rainwater harvesting
Neft Daşları, the story of a unique oil settlement built on sunken boats
Cycling for all: the interventions enabling equitable access to urban cycling
This is how Venice wants to save itself
Welcome to the post-diesel era. And now what?
How smartphones can help emergency services in an accident?
How leisure and sports are shaping urbanism: the case of Singapore
Is it possible to create quieter trams?
How Bhopal is still having to cope with one of the worst industrial disasters of all times
Renewable energy generation: description, types and objectives
Singapore’s secrets: The world’s only urban blue zone
How are cities combating sand storms?
What are V2H vehicles with bidirectional charging, and why are they critical for improving the resilience of cities?
How India wants to become the future of smart cities
E bike fires are on the rise, sparking a need for improved consumer education
Open data: how can they improve citizen engagement and the economy?
Why England, despite its climate, is at risk of running out of water
The role of innovative urban planning in preparing for post-disaster recovery
Brief history of artificial intelligence
Geothermal energy: a simple solution for making urban heat more sustainable
Cities that are generating more solar power globally
UrbanTech: The ecosystem of tech solutions that makes smart cities possible
What is self-healing concrete and how does it promise to revolutionize the field of construction
How augmented reality can improve urban planning
Biomimicry: Engineering and technology inspired by Nature
What effects could a solar storm have on our cities?
Mosquitoes and health: how science has been tackling the silent killer of millions for centuries
Can citizens design their own streets?
What is the blue economy and how it may save our oceans
Pecan Street Project: How Austin, Texas, has adopted smart grids to create more efficient neighborhoods
Five urban trends shaping city design globally
Why, two decades on, Singapore’s Intelligent Transport System is considered the best in the world
Kutupalong, the world’s largest refugee camp
Public toilets, technology and accessibility
How private companies are exerting a growing influence on urban planning processes
Why depopulation and birthrate decline are on the rise
New York will have a vast island-laboratory to explore the effects of climate change
Could genetically modified species be the key to greener cities?
How the United States is preparing for the advent of zero-emission transportation
The Wave House: The world’s largest 3D printed building
How Seoul is struggling to improve its air quality
Fujisawa Sustainable Smart Town: planning for the next 100 years
Bike infrastructure: ideas, improvement principles and cities with the best infrastructure
What are the imminent remote working trends that will affect cities?
Solar windows: the next architectural revolution?
Flying drones and cities: a complicated relationship
7 inventions that shaped city life
The paradox of the Three Gorges Dam: Green electricity with plenty of urban shadows
A journey through the history of London’s underground system, one of the world’s most influential works
Ransomware is a growing threat in cities: How are they defending themselves?
E-hailing is undergoing a transformation: What does the future hold for on-demand driving?
Autonomous vehicles and accidents: are they safer than vehicles operated by drivers?
What are exurbs and how are they changing modern urbanism
What makes the Seoul subway system one of the best in the world
How Paris is reusing its abandoned buildings
Five examples of how robots are already changing security in cities
San Francisco was built on a landfill, and now it is paying the price
How many electric vehicle charging standards exist and how is it affecting the adoption of zero-emission mobility?
AI urbanism: risks and benefits of a seemingly unstoppable movement
Nine interesting facts about the Las Vegas Sphere (and what they tell us about the architecture of tomorrow)
What is digital sustainability and how does it affect cities?
Four common mistakes made in public parks and garden planning
The United States plans to include breathalyzers in cars
Cities that are preparing their infrastructures to adapt to climate change
Which cities are paving the way to proper waste-to-energy generation
How Taipei is using robotic firefighters to enhance disaster responses
Discover the alternative Barcelona, Europe’s first digital twin
Austria and social housing: a model often copied but seldom achieved
Privacy protection in smart cities: How are they taking care of citizens’ most precious information?
Sidewalk Toronto, the vision behind Google’s failed city
What are microgrids and why are they important for improving urban resilience?
Could AI and IoT be the solution to traffic congestion?
Japan’s smart city renaissance: building futuristic urban havens from scratch
Quiet champions: cities still embracing the Hyperloop dream
Sweden’s district heating, a heating system based on reusing resources
How and why are some cities challenging ghost kitchens
Circle House: Denmark’s first circular social housing project
What has to happen for 5G to be deployed in smart cities
Europe is advancing towards its common digital identity project: What is it and how will it change relations between citizens and governments?
After the rise comes resistance: these cities are standing up to electric scooters
New York is looking to the skies with its urban air taxi service
How big data is transforming public healthcare decision-making
Achieving the Triple S: smartness, safety and security. Utopia or reality?
What is preventing the deployment of autonomous vehicles?
What are floating solar panels and why are they capturing the attention of experts
Smart mobility hubs: the future of clean and accessible transport
Safety and public participation: how citizen collaboration is helping to create safer cities
Plastic in the construction sector: a circular solution to recycling plastic waste?
Barcelona’s innovative smart water management makes the most of every drop
The power of “co” in the future of cities
Smart cities and energy usage: where is most electricity wasted?
Innovative urban governance models designed to overcome smart city challenges
How artificial intelligence is helping to transform urban planning processes
Is it possible to reduce noise pollution in existing urbanized areas?
Data management strategies in smart cities: how data governance is helping to take full advantage of the potential of big data
The Global Competition for talent or understanding what makes a city attractive
The Shard, the building at the forefront of innovative construction in London
E-waste and cities: the cost of progress is distributed globally, but unfairly
Chinese cities and the mystery of electric car graveyards
How Tallinn (and the whole of Estonia) has used blockchain to transform urban services forever
Ecological construction: how urbanism is learning from the past and the future
Smart waste management systems for metropolitan cities
Sustainable technologies that are helping companies to go green
Governance for the future: what we need to learn today
How are smart cities reducing air pollution?
What is sustainable architecture and why is it important for smart cities?
New York is facing a real estate challenge: converting offices left vacant due to remote work into housing units
How Kamikatsu, in Japan, hopes to achieve a recycling rate of 100%
Solar power and electric cars: solar-powered charging stations as the most promising synergy
It is not all benefits: five unforeseen problems of transport electrification
How AI enables modern parking solutions for smart cities
Golden Gate Bridge: milestones and interesting facts about an architectural icon
Delivery robots: hype or reality?
How can circular economies benefit smart cities?
Can we redefine time to increase urban welfare? The case for time policies
What do smart cities have in common with greater seismic resilience
What is smart city legislation?
The ‘pocket parks’ of Athens: green oases in the city
Centralia, the town that sits on an incessant underground fire, and other ghost towns
The 10 most innovative African cities
Smart cities and energy usage: where is most electricity wasted?
Could an ultra-white paint cool the cities of the future?
What is pervious concrete and how can it be used in cities
Surveillance camera statistics: which cities have the most CCTV cameras?
How to implement a smart bike lane strategy
The United Nations new index that provides a better measurement of economic growth potential
9 IoT applications that will change everything
5 common mistakes in urban gardening plans
10 cities with the best air quality in the world
Four innovative ways in which smart cities can fight heatwaves
Mexico City is sinking: What does the future hold for this city with a population of 8.8 million.
Dogen City, Japan’s futuristic floating city seeking self-sustainability.
Transport and climate change: impact and solutions for clean mobility
Tackling desertification: ways to reduce desertification and best reversal methods
Exploring the concept of cob houses: longevity, legality, electricity, and thermal insulation
Understanding waste streams: examples, business applications and stages
Snailbrook: a return to industrial colonies with Elon Musk’s dream town
Smart meters: what is the purpose of them, advantages and disadvantages
Wi-Fi 7: What is it and why is it so important for cities?
Sustainable aviation: a contradiction or the future of transport?
Nigeria plans to create its own startup city
Three futuristic cities you can visit right now and four that you will be able to visit soon
Cyber resilience, pillars and examples of cities that apply them
Montreal’s underground city: Seven things not to be missed
Green hydrogen: what is it and how can cities use it?
Genetically modified plants to clean the air in cities?
What life is like in Chongqing, the largest city in the world.
What is generative artificial intelligence and how can our cities benefit from it
Biophilia on three levels: interior design, architecture and urban planning
What are Scope 3 emissions and why are they so important for cities
What are the advantages and disadvantages of social credit systems?
What is digital citizenship and why is it important
How does New York’s steam heating system work
How Neom, located in the Arabian Peninsula, will provide itself with water
Africa and smart cities: from castles in the sky to a tangible reality
Hyperlocal growth: a new form of urban planning
These are the 6 levels of autonomous driving that explain when cars will drive themselves
Taipei 101: How does this iconic skyscraper withstand earthquakes?
Uber and Lyft will have to be electric by 2030 in New York City
Seoul is the first city to join the metaverse (and this is what can already be done)
The impact of micro-mobility devices on urban regulation
When is a building considered a skyscraper?
Construction costs will drop in 2023, according to the experts
Lustron, the failed initiative to create prefabricated homes made entirely from steel
This is what the Maldives Floating City of the future will look like
Abraj Al-Bait, the complex that towers over the Great Mosque
How does smart lighting adapt to the needs of a city?
What is smart governance?
How did Singapore solve its major waste problem?
Energy Web Token, when blockchain and efficiency come together
Passive solar heating, an effective example of sustainable architecture
Urban mobility: what is it and what are its most interesting trends?
Places that are reconsidering electric vehicles
Billions of dollars spent in vain: why is San Francisco unable to stop its homelessness problem
What is low carbon concrete and why is it becoming more popular?
What is the future of public libraries
How are cities tackling the issue of loneliness?
This is what the first cities governed with the help of AI will be like
One World Trade Center, a memorial skyscraper
Play and childhood: child-friendly urban design
Five technologies that were set to revolutionize cities and failed
How can declining birth rates affect cities?
What makes a walkable city
How Haussmann cleaned up the ‘dangerous’ Paris of old and established the bases of modern urbanism
Can MaaS coexist with public transport?
Kilometers of colossal tunnels and vaults: how Tokyo is protecting itself from floods
Ghost kitchens: what are they and how are they affecting urban dynamics
Smart urban development: can sustainable suburbs be created?
Three innovative ways in which 5G is already being used
How tourism has changed throughout history
The Great Smog of 1952, the humanitarian disaster that changed the world
These are the five largest public parks in the world (and their interesting features)
6 technical solutions to reduce noise pollution
What is the Zero Waste Cities Certification?
Crowdsourcing: 6 examples of public participation in urban management
Lotte World Tower, tradition and modernity standing 555-meters tall
Malaysia’s Forest City, a private smart city megaproject struggling to come together
How Taiwan wants to turn its metro stations into vertical farms
How Eswatini became the country with the highest HIV prevalence in the world and what is it doing about it
Qatar’s lavish World Cup Stadiums
What is the Anthropocene and what are its main challenges
Five towns shaped by entrepreneurs
Whittier, the town where 85% of the population lives in the same building
The four innovations that will change the role of police officers in cities
The underground city of Seattle, the city that rebuilt on top of itself
Is it possible to establish a unique demographic transition model?
Cities that have been destroyed and rebuilt after a war
Ping An Finance Center, the financial and engineering giant
Africa and smart cities: between a necessity and an emergency
Is it feasible to use wood in major constructions?
Cities in the New Normalcy: What makes them Attractive for Talent?
Forest cities: nature conquers the heart of cities
7 stadiums that have reemerged…with rather different uses
What is aerothermal energy and how can it be used in districts?
When landfills become smart
What is minimobility?
What is a city like that cares for the mental health of its residents?
Elengubu (Derinkuyu), the underground city that was home to thousands of people
XZero, Kuwait’s model for a sustainable smart city
Haiti and its cities: a history of failure and resilience
Why does Japan routinely destroy ‘new’ buildings?
What is urban homesteading and how can it benefit cities
Why do some smart cities fail?
The Parking Reform Era Underway for Urban Planning
Micro-housing: what is it and why could it be a housing solution
Nusantara, the new capital Indonesia is building in Borneo so it can leave Jakarta
Is there any sense in having wind turbines in cities?
Willis Tower: a giant with numerous records and an interesting history
Biomaterials: do they have a place in smart cities?
We will not see cars disappear in the future, but we may see car-free cities
Four cities that have reindustrialised
Invasive species: how do they endanger the ecosystems in cities?
How smart sewers are helping to create healthier and safer cities
Three cities that have managed to reduce drug use
Climate-resilient architecture: this is how we will protect cities
Six cities that have discovered the value of urban photography
The Colosseum, putting on shows for over two thousand years
Youth associations: social cohesion begins in neighborhoods.
Zero-Km meat: a short-term reality?
Why is micro-mobility having so many issues taking off?
Are insects the solution to food self-sufficiency?
Acid rain: a hazard that can come back with a vengeance
Metaverse and smart cities: potential or vaporware?
Predictive justice keeps marching on: increased security or dystopia?
Ethics and responsibility of self-driving cars: who is responsible for AI accidents?
Overpopulation: Is the future as bleak as it was depicted in the 1970s?
Eutrophication: the green tide threatening coastal cities and wetlands
The evolving pattern of China’s public transport system: from pedals to high speed and back again
10 Best IoT Industry 4.0 Implementations
Moving home? Here’s what to do with your smart home devices
The Chrysler Building: a look at one of the finest examples of Art Deco
What is ecological succession and how does it affect cities?
Can good urban planning reduce obesity?
Burj Khalifa, the tallest skyscraper in the world
Cities threatened by desertification
How cities are protecting themselves from tornadoes
What is tactical urbanism: advantages and disadvantages
What is arcology and how is it applied?
Noise pollution: How noise is harming our cities
Discover Staria Technologies, the future of lighting
Six cities that are restoring their old ecosystems
Four advancements brought to cities by the industrial revolution
Welcome to Bhiwadi, the city with the most polluted air in the world.
What is a megacity: some representative examples
What is the effect of tobacco on city health?
Madinah, where technology meets tranquility
Flatiron, New York’s iconic skyscraper that was expected to blow over
Why is urban sprawl still on the rise?
Can a city produce its own food?
Island countries: small countries with major challenges
Urban air mobility, amid a complex reality and startup fiction
What is the panopticon and how is it used in modern urbanism
Shanghai Tower, a sustainable and earthquake-resistant skyscraper
How smart cities are preventing ‘jaywalking’
Six walled cities that have preserved their walls
Which are the most densely populated cities in the world?
The world’s most innovative and creative cities
The urban planner, an essential figure in today’s cities
Star City, where astronauts live and train
Why creating public spaces in a metropolitan context requires a more people-centred effort
What is Blueprint: how does it work, advantages and benefits
Cities and videogames: an unexpectedly constructive relationship
Barrier free design with the help of smart cities
EPCOT, Walt Disney’s failed plan to create the city of tomorrow in the sixties
Why does urbanization contribute to pollution and what can smart cities do to stop it?
The basics of energy efficiency: what it is, examples and more
Sponge city: what it is, how it is designed and real examples
How can we prevent urban flooding?
Is Big Data dangerous for our cities?
Berlin citizens propose the largest car-free area in the world
How does Tokyo manage 14 million people on the move every day?
Smart growth vs new urbanism
What are smart communities? Strategies, examples and more
What are the benefits of green spaces in our cities?
Are humans changing the night sky?
Smart cities in the United States: which ones are making it to the top and their peculiarities
Israel’s Smart Cities: Celebrating & sharing employees’ and residents’ innovation globally
Pros and cons of living near wetlands
Growsmarter, Europe’s attempt to provide real solutions for smart cities
What is the impact of pets on cities?
Earthship construction: The key aspects of these homes made from recycled materials
Tidal power in cities: what is it, how does it work, pros and cons
5g banking: what does the future of the banking industry look like?
Smart growth: principles and examples of smart urban planning
How is China’s railway explosion impacting its cities?
How does urban biodiversity benefit health?
Ban Chang, Thailand’s first smart city, embraces 5G
Is the air taxi the future of urban transportation?
Crypto city in El Salvador: What is it and how does it intend to work?
How technology is helping with snow removal from roads
House Na and the defining aspects of Sou Fujimoto’s architecture
Multimodal and intermodal transportation: what are they and how do they affect cities
Examples of Braille and assistive technology for visually impaired people in our cities
How the virtual office is changing city spaces
Internationalization of technology-based startups: The case of GO4CLIC, from La Plata (Argentina) to Barcelona (Spain)
Small Modular Reactors: a solution to the energy crisis?
Monaco is extending into the sea
Salt Cathedral of Zipaquira: how Colombia is reinventing the reuse of space
What are the safest cities in Latin America and why?
Why Brisbane will host the 2032 Olympic Games
Cities are not ready (yet) for self-driving cars: these are the key aspects holding them back
Smart ticketing: the revolution for the tickets of the future or just an anti-COVID measure?
Are skyscrapers an example of sustainable urban planning?
The effects of forest fires on cities
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao: 9 reasons why it deserves its global recognition
Living with bitcoin as a currency: the case of El Salvador
Surveillance cameras in public spaces: are they a good idea?
Ten keys to understand the post-COVID city
NEOM, the smart city built from scratch in the arabian desert
Which cities in the future will be underwater?
What are smart hotels and what technology do they use?
Technology to improve citizens’ lives: the case of the Montevideo beaches
9 electronic devices to make life easier for seniors
Kenya’s Konza Techno City: Is the project well planned?
Sydney Opera House: some interesting facts about its architecture
Emma Cobos, Port de Barcelona: “Port cities will not be able to be smart cities unless they have a smart port”
Is concrete toxic? The effects of concrete in our cities on human health
Green roofs: advantages and disadvantages of rooftop gardens
Why is crime higher in cities than in the countryside?
Pandemic-proof cities: the key to urban development models of the future
Smart roads: Improving urban mobility through road technology
Could Telosa be the definitive version of a smart and sustainable city?
The three best cities for programmers outside Silicon Valley
Freedom Ship: the floating city that never set sail
Innovation and e-governance: which countries are at the forefront of digital government development?
How can we transform cities into car-free cities?
What is an urban operating system?
What causes the drought cycles in Africa?
The German recycling system: the world’s best recycling country
Kowloon: a brief history of the most densely populated place on Earth
The 10 largest cities in the world: What does the future hold in store for them?
Towards more walkable cities
Gated communities: advantages and disadvantages for cities
Ville Radieuse: Why did Le Corbusier’s Radiant City fail?
How to stop overpopulation? 5 possible solutions
Sustainable architecture: design, materials and more about sustainable buildings
What is a smart parking system? Functionalities and benefits
Five previously futuristic technologies for public transport
China land reclamation projects: the country with the most land reclaimed from the sea
What happened to Dubai man-made islands?
Homelessness in Japan: the country with the smallest percentage of homeless people
IoT security solutions: How to prevent IoT attacks?
Seasonal allergies: a clear example of bad urban planning
What is the theory of Doughnut Economics and how can it mold cities?
The six most groundbreaking urban innovations of 2021
Barcelona 92: the impact of hosting the Olympics in the interest of global exposure
How many people can Earth support?
There’s no smart city without a smart government
The SMART Port concept: proposing a more social, resilient and environmental port model
Smart tunnel: what is it, how does it work and the real example of Malaysia
The Eden Project: What is the purpose of this sustainable city?
What is geoengineering and how can it be used to create resilient cities?
Smart mobility: definition, solutions and all you need to know
What has made Copenhagen the green capital of the world?
Reclaiming land from the sea: A solution to climate change or an even bigger problem?
Angkor: 1000 years since the first major smart city
Seismic reinforcement: how it works and why it is so important
What happens to an ecosystem that experiences a prolonged drought?
Rio de Janeiro and Singapore: The citizen as a transforming agent
Pros and cons of Wind Energy: Advantages and challenges
What is the impact of child labor?
What is the Internet of Things or IoT? Definition and examples
How is ocean pollution affecting humans?
What is decarbonization? Targets and processes
The six best cities in the world to live and raise a family
Climate-smart infrastructures: principles and technology
Rainwater catchment systems: from cisterns to smart infrastructures
Which are the leading smart cities in Europe?
Urban retrofitting: because starting from scratch is not always a good idea
What is mixed-use development? Analysis of pros & cons
Where does recycling end and greenwashing begin?
Smart homes: small changes with a big impact on cities
Connected agriculture: the Internet of Things extends to farming
What is sustainable waste management and why should cities embrace it?
What is digital infrastructure and examples of its application
Incheon Free Economic Zone: a successful case of local economic development in South Korea
Proprietary or open-source software? Arguments in favor and against
What are the three main goals of database lifecycle management (DLM)?
Governments in digital transformation: five areas of action
What is a smart factory and how will it impact industry?
COVID and poverty: its impact on cities
Smart water management: real cases of IoT that are helping to improve cities
Cancer and cities: risk factors and solutions for an increasingly urban society
How can digitalization ensure greater tax compliance?
How digitalization is transforming government in emerging economies
Tomorrow.Podcast 1×05: New life for villages and outskirts: pandemics as a driver of… urban exodus?
The importance of business visibility and online reputation
Medical apps for patients: how can they improve public health?
How Chennai wants to build resilience to climate change and the threats to its wetlands
Technology and equitable education: promises and obstacles of a looming revolution
Tomorrow.Podcast 1×04: How sustainable is a society within four walls?
How Portugal is becoming a Smart Nation
Tomorrow.Podcast 1×03: Reorganization of public space: who owns the streets?
Tomorrow.Podcast 1×02: Going Sustainable: business and citizens are pushing for circular cities
Tomorrow.Podcast 1×01: Are our cities more resilient than ever?
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Solar trains: what are they and how do they work?
Smart AMB: can data lead us to deliver better urban services?
The three principles of sustainability and how to implement them in cities
Barcelona Provincial Council: this is how a smart region works
Shopping with delivery robots arrives in cities
Technology for smart cities: the pillars of urban planning of the future
Does the use of Big Data cause privacy concerns?
Eye tracking technology: what is it and how will we see it in our cities
Sustainable food: reality or fantasy?
How can cities improve the quality of life of disabled people?
The countries predicted to lose the most with climate change
Pedestrianizing cities: Yes, but with alternatives
What is a digital twin?
Coworking spaces: how cities are adapting to this new work concept
5 signs that a city needs to urgently change in order to stay alive
These are the reasons why people abandon their city
How the power of IoT makes smart cities a reality
Connecting urban environments with IoT and Digital Twins
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole: cities become smarter by forming smart regions
AI, image recognition and cloud computing: how do smart ports work?
Digital transformation is already revolutionising public healthcare as provided by regions
Pablo Soto, regional representative of Transparency and Participation in Madrid: “Technology should be used to enhance institutions”
Recycling and economics: a formula that only works if you believe in it
The beginning of the end of cash: when advances in technology threaten the weakest
Will there be a digital divide between smart and dumb cities?
Advantages (and the odd disadvantage) of 3D urban planning
Laura Tenenbaum, scientist and communicator: We will lose some battles against climate change
What technology is used to prevent and punish crime? – Infographic
What can other cities learn from Madrid Central’s mistakes
Cities: the unexpected driving force behind a green global revolution
Metropolitan governance: extending municipal governments as a response to new urban challenges
Vienna will install smart traffic lights that will recognise when pedestrians want to cross the street
Lacina Koné, director of Smart Africa: We shouldn’t fight against cryptocurrencies
Heatwaves and urban heat islands: what are cities to do?
Malmo, the Swedish city that is neutralising its climate impact by betting on renewable energies
The future of cities lies in data
Cloud Computing and Edge Computing: new technologies for more efficient cities
Robots, AI, and automation: the 4th industrial revolution is here
More than just pine and cement: guidelines for smart urban furniture
What we can learn from Oslo’s waste management system
Roads with less fumes: Hydrogen fuel cell buses for long-distance routes
Smart infrastructures, the key to more resilient and efficient cities
When rubbish takes over cities: the circular economy as a solution to combat the accumulation of waste
Toward a plastic-free future: alternatives and the future for almost eternal pollutants
Usama Bilal: “It is important for cities to act as health prevention agents”
An administrative building in Dubai, the largest 3D printed structure in the world
Smart tourism destinations: the challenge of achieving a harmonious balance between industry and habitability
Zero-mile farming: infographic
Smart Forest City Cancun: a futuristic orchard in the middle of the Riviera Maya
The solutions of the Smart City to the challenges of urban mobility: infographic
Do we consume more energy per capita, or less?
Smart Buildings for Smart Workers: improving the efficiency of workers and buildings
Which are the 12 greenest cities in the world?
How to go from being a town to a Smart Town
Health, well-being and happiness should be core in urban design
Solar cities: an opportunity not to be missed
Smart City holidays: What will tourism be like in the future?
The new cars and alternative vehicles in cities: connected, electric, autonomous and on-demand
Five impossible Smart City projects with our existing technology
Success story: the transformation of Singapore into a sustainable garden city
Recovering energy from traffic: positive energy roads
Smart hospitals: cities within cities
The G20 creates the Global Smart Cities Alliance to establish universal norms and guidelines for the implementation of technology
The future is bleak for car ownership
Millennials and employment: Smart Cities as the setting for a new labour market
Citizens at the heart of smart cities
Shared mobility is changing public transportation
From nocturnal trucks to AI: how urban waste management is changing
Co-living or shared houses: A smart solution for cities?
Smart cities are seeking their own operating system
Paul Duan, co-founder and President of Bayes Impact: “We should trust in the power of the multitude”
Google is building the city of the future in Toronto
Amsterdam launches a modular urban lighting system
How a Smart Home works: infographic
Green cities and economic wealth, a 100% compatible team
How come cities such as Madrid, Peking or New York have more jobs?
How to finance the requirements of Smart Cities?
Open government and citizen participation: a journey through history – Infographic
How does a city face the pandemic – Infographic
Copenhagen’s green future is built on the rooftops
Pontus Westerberg, UN-Habitat: “People need to be allowed to offer their own solutions to the problems in the places in which they live”
Technology in schools with an impact in and out of the classrooms
How and why do cities die?
Digital natives, technological illiterates?
New COVID-19 outbreaks: this is what the hammer and the dance will be like
Three science fiction cities that predicted the future
Brussels will digitise the management of its historic buildings in the interests of sustainability
The informal economy and developing countries: an engine of growth and a source of abuse
Jakarta is sinking and now Indonesia has to find a new capital
Welcome to Vienna, the World’s best city to live in
Strategic networking: the glue that binds cities and industries together
The justice administration in smart cities: between streamlining and automation
Citizens policing our streets: is it lawful to report the inappropriate use of cities?
Climathon, cities get together to tackle the climate emergency
Smart cities that failed along the way
Can technology foster democracy?
Helsinki: opening new frontiers in digital tourism
The taxis of the future will fly
Social score system: A tool to oppress or reward citizens?
Can an accessible city also be an economically viable city?
Digital twins and urban planning: how to use replicas to building the cities of tomorrow
Why we’ll live in a Smart City: infographic
Should we be looking to the stars or at cities? Practical approaches to the phenomenon of overpopulation
Connected culture: libraries, educational programmes and idea laboratories that transform a city
A digital zebra crossing could be the future of our roads
Algorithm Arturo: mathematics for improving habitability
The sustainable urbanisation value chain
Can parks be smart? These are the key aspects that define a Smart Park
Does anyone remember lift attendants? We need to refresh and update ourselves
From startup to scaleup: moving towards a new business approach
What lies behind connected licence plates?
Brasilia, the smart city of the past
Cities are for people: towards a new conception of public spaces
Floating cities: history and future of a sustainable dream that could one day come true
Singapore experiments with its digital twin to improve city life
Light pollution: a growing problem that is in no way harmless
Emotional Salary, a revolution for a new labour market
City Brain: what happens when we connect a city’s traffic lights to Alibaba
Cities are aging with their population: challenges and solutions for an inverted pyramid
Electronic voting, a reality that has little to do with virtual reality
MORE LA: Recovering parking spaces to benefit cities
These are the cyber threats that jeopardise the security of smart cities
Woven City: when car manufacturers design Smart Cities
Artificial intelligence is using a growing amount of resources
Is transparent wood the building material of the future?
Living Concrete — How the use of microorganisms can revolutionize city building
And then what? Cities after COVID-19
How technology is changing the way children think and focus
Vicinity — A virtual neighborhood to assess the proper use of IoT
How to solve water scarcity with AI technology?
Egypt builds its new capital
Paris wants to become a “15-minute city”
Is this the end of the control tower? This is what smart airports look like
Interview: Francesca Cesa, the architect that turns cities into urban forests
Big data bursts onto the healthcare scene
María Alejandra Téllez, ClimaLab: “Young people have taken a stance with regard to climate change”
The ruins of Pompeii talk again: The Romans were already recycling in this ancient city
Smart agriculture to tackle climate change
Sweden sets an example and closes its last coal plant
The (high) energy price of mass data storage
How cities are using collective intelligence to fight the coronavirus
What are green zones: This is how Europe wants to save its tourism from the pandemic
How epidemics transformed London into one of the most state-of-the-art cities in the world
Piezoelectricity: using citizens’ footsteps to generate electricity
What is blue energy? Lights and shadows of a promising technology
What makes a city attractive to talent?
Forced displacements: another result of climate change in cities
How wastewater can prepare hospitals for a resurgence of the pandemic
China also aspires to have its own city of the future designed by a tech giant
What kind of city do adolescents want? One that combines a technological future with the need for boundaries
Urban overcrowding and rural depopulation: Are there any solutions to these problems?
The water challenge: how to provide water for the world’s population in a sustainable manner
The cost of high density
The challenge of redesigning cities to adapt to an ageing population
Technology to fight child exploitation: a tool not to be underestimated
Technology in smart cities: from chips to people
Success story: urban regeneration in the municipality of Gaziosmanpa?a after the earthquake in 1999
Sameh Wahba, World Bank: “Policies that can enable the creation of denser cities may be fiscal but also administrative”
The Sails of Scampia: when inclusive architecture turns against people
Robots are already making our lives easier in these three cities
Radical inclusion: a new urban paradigm
Paraisópolis, Brazil. A city of favelas aiming to be egalitarian, sustainable and accessible
Over-planning and the risk of creating less inclusive cities
Success story: Smart litter bins in Seoul
The city designed by Leonardo da Vinci that was centuries ahead of its time
The electricity challenge: Will we be able to generate all the energy we need?
The EU establishes rules to identify green investments and combat greenwashing
The green transition: buildings that will combat climate change
These were the urban utopias that preceded us – Infographic
Urban agriculture: how to go from being a hobby to feeding cities
Urban forests: these cities are naturalising their environment
New ways of travelling after the COVID-19 pandemic
Why are tech giants building cities?
Medellin: data and infrastructures in contrast to its troubled past
Ivelina Nunes (WFP): “Where you see no Coca-Cola trucks, is where we will be”
Sonia Roitman, expert in gated communities and social exclusion: “Gated communities are bad for the city and for society”
How some countries are helping homeless to confront COVID-19
Urban metabolism, when cities are integrated into the natural environment
Francesco Tonucci, creator of The City of Children: “Cities must choose between improving or disappearing”
Fans and giant chimneys, the sustainability plasters that do not solve anything
Extreme hunger, another consequence of the new coronavirus
Emotional Resilience — An unexplored critical factor
Which are the 10 most sustainable cities in the world?
Elkin Velásquez, UN-Habitat: “There is immense value in integrating informal settlements”
Age-friendly cities: how do they look like?
A “parkipelago” of floating islands to provide more public spaces in Copenhagen
Diego Fernández: “Integrating Barrio 31 means its residents have the same rights and obligations”
What is environmental racism and how can we prevent it in cities?
How smart cities are contributing to the UN Sustainable Development Goals
Green Bank: the case of a town without Wi-Fi
“Honk more, wait more”. Mumbai tests anti-toot traffic lights to curb noise pollution and jams
Tokyo is facing the challenge of organising the most sustainable Olympic Games
Mexico City: a successful approach to public transportation
Latest news and innovations in autonomous driving
Janette Sadik-Khan, former NYC Transportation Commissioner: Freedom is about being able to go anywhere without having to use a car
Proptech: Marketplaces and virtual reality conquer the real estate industry
A global dilemma: will hydrogen be the fuel of the future?
From driverless trams to automated depots: Germany robotises its public transport
Car manufacturers are aware that the future is bleak
The Chinese dilemma of waste-to-energy plants
Taiwan, Korea, Singapore: Big Data to combat the pandemic
Smart city community engagement: 4D IVR in city planning process
Vietnam to build a smart city from scratch
Car-free cities: life without motor vehicles is possible
Smarter cities are born with digital twins
Black Swan: a 100% electric passenger boat will cruise down the Seine using recycled batteries
AI and Big Data to eliminate traffic jams in Xi’an, China
Black boxes in cars: safety or the beginning of the end of privacy in vehicles?
The autonomous car trap in terms of eliminating traffic jams
Merwede, the Dutch neighbourhood where there will be one shared car for every 3 households
Lisbon, the city that changed its transport after the last major crisis
California tests driverless taxis for contactless deliveries
How cities are protecting elderly people from COVID-19
Visible and invisible inequalities that online teaching can reveal
Climate change, identity and decision-making: the challenge of defending the rights of indigenous peoples in Latin America
City-states never disappeared: Hamburg, Hong Kong, Singapore and the future
The next step in urban evolution: hyperconnected cities are on the way
Can Big Data eradicate poverty?
Drones in public spaces: the revolution that came with the pandemic
Virtues and defects of telemedicine in the COVID-19 era
Cities around the world coordinate to combat new pandemics: that is how they want to win the battle
Digital society facing a new challenge: Sharing data for the common good
South Korea develops a blockchain system for autonomous vehicle identification
Facial recognition and combating crime: why biases can lead to a justice system full of prejudices
Barrio 31 and Delft, two different ways of dealing with informal settlements
EMER²GENT: data sharing to boost the economy after the pandemic
The UN endorses a computerized simulation to increase the level of global development
What is the difference between machine learning and artificial intelligence?
African tech to locally tackle the COVID-19 pandemic
Forced integration: how Singapore is preventing ethnic segregation in its neighborhoods
Graves in cemeteries are now equipped with technology
The five best cities for women entrepreneurs
Xiong’an, China’s self-sufficient city
Five changes with which cities can adapt to people living with Alzheimer’s
We need to look at refugee camps as urban spaces