Secondary Cities: Neglected Drivers of Growing Economies
While much of the attention in international development and academia has focused on mega and primary cities, rapidly growing secondary cities will play a…
Audiovisual Tricycles by ‘VJ Suave’ Project Animations
Interactive public art doesn’t get much better than this. Artist duo Ygor Marotta and Ceci Soloaga of VJ Suave designed these pheonomenal audiovisual…
Farmers Are Embracing Sustainability–an Interview with Courtney White
“Things are changing. It’s just how do you get them to change fast enough?” In his new book, Two Percent Solutions for the Planet,…
NPR asks: Are Big Cities Still A Primary Engine For Scientific Innovation?
For scientists, there have long been advantages to working in big cities — in close proximity to other scientists and inventors. A new analysis…
Global Mayors, Governors Commit to Urban Sustainable Development Agenda
On September 24, 2015, more than 40 global mayors and local and government leaders came together to support a sustainable future free of poverty, hunger…
Future of Urban Innovation: Startups Summit
On June 9, The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce Department, Cornell University and Columbia University hosted the Future of Urban Innovation: Startups Summit…
Webinars on Sustainable Urban Freight Systems from VREF
Join the VREF Center of Excellence for Sustainable Urban Freight Systems as it hosts a series of webinars on urban freight trip generation and…
Highlight: Sustainability in Johannesburg, South Africa
Johannesburg, one of the 40 largest metropolitan areas in the world, hosted the fifth biennial C40 Cities Climate Change Summit on 4-6 February 2014.…
Chicago Urban Network – Forums
The University of Chicago Urban Network connects University of Chicago urban scholars and area practitioners through a portfolio of roundtables, conferences, and collaborative projects.…
The World Bank – South/South Knowledge Hubs
At the Sustainable Urbanization: Place Matters Summit in March 2014, participants discussed the need for more peer-to-peer knowledge transfer between ‘Global South’ countries, whose…