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Why Calgary, A City Centre For Oil, Fights Cars & Suburban Sprawl
Calgary is like any other Canadian city that grew outwards, not upwards. But led by progressive mayor Naheed…
2016-07-13
Why The True Cost Of Suburban Sprawl Will Surprise You, Or Not
Two new studies demonstrate the true costs of sprawl, and attempt to show that if new development was…
2015-07-24
Urban Sprawl Reversal In The Future
Did you know crowded cities take up only 2% of the earth’s surface, but generate around 80% of…
2015-05-18
3 Proven Urban Designing Principles That Enhance Road Safety
Today, 55% of the population worldwide lives in cities. According to The World Bank, the number will double by…
2020-12-07
The Rise And Significance Of Urban Agriculture
The term ‘agriculture’ might evoke thoughts of a rural landscape. You might think of rolling fields and farmland.…
2020-11-10
Is Your City Making You Fat? How Urban Planning Can Address The Obesity Epidemic
New disease outbreaks, like the novel coronavirus that recently emerged in China’s Hubei province, generate headlines and attention.…
2020-02-24
Urban Unrest Propels Global Wave Of Protests
Numerous anti-government protests have paralyzed cities across the globe for months, from La Paz, Bolivia, to Santiago, Chile,…
2019-11-15
Cities Alive: Designing For Urban Childhoods
Much of the things we do right now will heavily impact future generations. This goes beyond the political…
2019-10-10
What Can Bees Teach Us About Building Better Urban Ecosystems?
Vacant land and urban agriculture are rejuvenating wild bee populations. Bees love cities. What can cities do to…
2018-12-14
Working With Nature Can Help Us Build Greener Cities Instead Of Urban Slums
As Australian cities grow and transform, we need to ensure we are not building the slums of the…
2018-09-04
The 100 Million City : Is 21st Century Urbanisation Out Of Control?
Projections suggest cities will swell at an astonishing pace – but whether that means our salvation or an…
2018-03-27
Why Suburban Tensions & Inequality Will Drive Infrastructure Innovation
The global trend towards suburbanisation and suburbanisms (meaning suburban ways of life) has an important infrastructure dimension. In both growing and…
2017-08-25
Smarter Cities May Very Well Be Slower Cities For True Urban Soul
Peter Jackson employed an intricate approach to the stage design of Lord of the Rings. The people who…
2017-05-05
Urban Organicity, The Benefits Without The Maladies?
Cities – we are repeatedly told – are the future. Governments and global corporations seek to increase productivity…
2017-04-19
Urban Density: An Oversimplified Concept That Endanger Our Future
In debates about urban density, we often find comments about buildings being too tall or not tall enough,…
2016-05-23
Not All Ills Of Urban Consolidation Is As Ugly As Media Reports
Neighbourhoods as “battlefields”, “sardine city”, traditional suburbs as “threatened species” and urban hubs as the domain of “latte-sipping…
2016-05-19
Your Starter Kit For Your Own Urban Farm In Singapore
Don’t let limited space stop you from growing your own produce. Farming in Singapore is no longer limited…
2016-03-22
10 Cities That Are Shaping The Future Of Urban Living
Cities are frequently at the front line of innovation when it comes to addressing the changing problems of…
2016-03-03
How Should We Design Cities To Make The Most Of Urban Ecosystems?
Back in 1839, public health expert J F Murray published his article The Lungs of London, in Blackwood’s…
2015-09-10
An Alarming Glimpse Into Unbridled Urban Development
British photographer Marcus Lyon creates apocalyptic images of what cities might look like if left to grow out…
2015-08-31
The Cost Of Bad Urban Design : $1 Trillion A Year
Exactly how much does America’s sprawl cost every year? Somewhere in the range of a trillion dollars, according…
2015-05-27
How Hipsters Are Building A New Urban Economy
My cycle route to work takes me from Highbury to London Bridge. For the first third I follow…
2015-05-25
LA’s pLAn : From Smog & Sprawl To A Green Sustainable City
Los Angeles is known around the world as the home of Hollywood stars, sunny beaches and a high…
2015-04-18
Urban Light Pollution: Why We’re All Living with Permanent ‘Mini Jetlag’
Studies show that exposure to light after dusk is quite literally unnatural, and may be detrimental to health.…
2015-02-03
Rethinking Urban Cemeteries
City dwellers may see conventional burials become a luxury, available only to the very wealthy, as urban crowding…
2015-02-02
The Geometry Of Urban Life
Even a roaming cartophile, looking through an airplane window at night, would be challenged to identify a city…
2015-01-30
Our Urban Past, Present and Future
We are bombarded with statistics about the future of cities these days, as fast as the cities themselves…
2015-01-30
NEOM Shares Its Vision For The Future Of Cities In Venice Exhibition
The historic Abbazia di San Gregorio in Venice will be home to a landmark exhibition entitled, ‘Zero Gravity…
2023-05-11
Designing For Future Ready Cities
Engineering has always been about building for what lies ahead, creating lasting legacies in the form of extraordinary…
2019-09-10
Climate Change: We Can Reclaim Cities From The Car Without Inconveniencing People
Since the 1920s, the car has revolutionised the way people travel; eliminating the constraints of distance while offering…
2019-07-25
Why Walkable Cities Are Good For The Economy, According To A City Planner
People spend more money when cities are less vehicle-oriented. You’ve probably seen the term “walkability” thrown around in…
2018-11-13
Researchers Seek New Ways To Fight Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Cities
Scientists are studying biofilms—complex bacteria societies—in new ways to discover new tools for fighting antibiotic-resistant infections. Physical forces…
2018-08-27
The Good & The Bad Of Driverless Cars For Cities
The age of driverless cars is rapidly approaching, and no one seems to know what to do about…
2018-08-13
What Would The Ultimate Child-Friendly City Look Like?
The reality for many urban children is too much time spent indoors playing on smartphones – but a…
2018-03-01
Aussie Cities Needs To Amp Up Its Regional Transport Aims
In Sydney and Melbourne, the squeeze is on. Population is booming; house prices are still rising; roads and…
2017-08-15
Should Britain Build On Its Green Spaces To Solve The Housing Crisis?
Back in the 1930s, English planners came up with a novel idea to prevent urban sprawl: a ring…
2017-03-22
Why Dark Glass Giants Rule Our Cities
Slick, glassy skyscrapers cast their shadows over the streets and spaces of cities all over the world. These…
2016-12-13
Why & How Perth Is Testing If Its Strategy Is Really Working
City planning has many approaches that have been used to enable better economic, social and environmental outcomes. The…
2016-05-17
An Ethical City : An Idea Whose Time Has Come (Or Has Long Been Delayed)
Globally, there is intense discussion about the future of urban life through the World Urban Campaign. The central…
2016-03-10
More New Jobs Are In City Centers, While Employment Growth Shrinks In The Suburbs
For decades, most Americans working in metropolitan areas have gone to work outside city centers – in suburban…
2016-02-22
Why Sustainability & Unbridled Growth Is A Match Made In Hell
Can Australians be sustainable and enjoy endless economic growth? It’s not likely. Steve Hatfield-Dodds argued that sustainability was…
2015-12-01
Silicon Valley’s Cause And Solution To Inequality Is The Same
San Francisco is a living crystal ball of what happens when a city refuses to build enough housing…
2015-11-27
Liveable Cities : Who Decides What That Means And How We Achieve It
The Conversation has appointed a cities and policy editor to lead our coverage of the myriad issues affecting…
2015-10-29
DIY Guide : How To Build A City From Scratch
From Songdo, South Korea to Lavasa, India via Egypt’s unnamed new capital, everywhere you look it seems someone’s…
2015-07-03
Why Sustainable Cities Are Centres Of Culture And Purpose
Cities have long been centers of innovation and economic might, and the information economy has coincided with a…
2015-06-22
A City Is Near By The Plastic In The Sea
Two French oceanography researchers expected to find pollution on their 8,345km, 14-month kayak journey from Gibraltar to Istanbul…
2015-04-24
When Humans Started To Rule The Planet
A new study argues it happened all the way back when we invented farming. Signs of human impact…
2015-04-18
A Bird’s-Eye View Of Melbourne’s Transformation From 1945 To 2015
Just how much do you think Melbourne has transformed in the past 70 years? Now it’s easy to…
2015-03-03
Can Melbourne Lower Its Temperature By 7 Degrees?
The Australian city is using trees and water to fight the urban heat island effect. MELBOURNE, Australia —…
2015-02-27
The Network City
“Only connect,” the writer E. M. Forster said famously — and modern scientists working with network structures are…
2015-02-20