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…
The Guardian | Four of world’s biggest cities to ban diesel cars from their centres
Paris, Madrid, Athens and Mexico City will ban the most polluting cars and vans by 2025 to tackle air pollution. Four of the world’s…
The International Road Transport Union (IRU)
The International Road Transport Union (IRU) is the global industry association for road transport, driving the sustainable mobility of people and goods across the…
The Economics of Infrastructure Provisioning | The MIT Press
Edited by Arnold Picot, Massimo Florio, Nico Grove and Johann Kranz Infrastructures—tangible, intangible, and institutional public facilities, from bridges to health care—are a vital…
Is urban cycling worth the risk? — FT.com
An FT transport correspondent and two specialist data journalists investigate the risks and benefits of commuting by bike in big cities, something all of…
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…
The Role of Urban Local Governments in Improving Urban Service Delivery Performance in Africa and Asia | Urban Institute
Abstract: Cities are engines of economic growth that provide spaces for social transformation and political inclusion. Their ability to deliver widely accessible and efficiently…
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…
Nairobi’s air pollution sparks Africa health warning
With Africa’s predicted rise in population – and a constant stream of dirty secondhand cars from Europe and Japan – this urban health crisis…