Webcast: “The Connected City: Trends and Developments Driving Smart City Innovation”
The Webcast “The Connected City: Trends and Developments Driving Smart City Innovation,” produced by MIT Technology Review and IEEE Collabratec About the Webcast The…
C40 2016 Awards announced
On December 1st, C40 announced the winners of the 2016 Cities Awards: Climate Action Plans & Inventories: Portland, United States Adaptation Plans & Assessments: Paris Building…
2016 Top North American Planning Websites | Planetizen
October 27, 2016 – The annual list of the best planning, design, and development websites, representing some of the top online resources for news,…
New Book: The Myth of the Sustainable City
About the book: This book takes you on a unique journey through American history, taking time to consider the forces that shaped the development…
Nature and Cities, The Ecological Imperative in Urban Design and Planning
Edited by Frederick R. Steiner, George F. Thompson and Armando Carbonell, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy This book will be published in November, 2016…
Giant Bubbles and Urban Periscopes Among Winners of Play Contest
A nonprofit group devoted to creating play areas has awarded $1 million to spur 50 new projects that create opportunities for urban children to…
Report on Building Smart Cities in India | Brookings Institution
As India continues to experience rapid urban expansion, public and private leaders at a national, state, and local level are looking into ways to…
Solutions Summit: 28 August deadline to submit proposals
Solutions Summit: 21 September, 2016 in New York City: A catalytic gathering at UN Headquarters during UN General Assembly week Solutions Summit 2016 will…
Identifying Poverty From Space via The Atlantic
Robinson Meyer, 24 August 2016 Imagine the Earth at night—the vast and curving darkness, splotched with rivulets of light. It is a gorgeous…
Book Review: Science and the City via GotScience.org
Author: Laurie Winkless Publisher: Bloomsbury Sigma Introduction Cities are quickly becoming the beating hearts of civilization. The UN estimates that over half the global…