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Connecting Urban Environments With IoT And Digital Twins
As urbanization continues to take hold and cities face challenges to become more sustainable and livable, urban planning…
2020-12-04
U.S. Cities And States With The Best Economies
The U.S., as is the case with the rest of the world, is in a challenging situation right…
2020-11-25
15 Countries Sign World’s Biggest Free Trade Deal
15 countries signed the world’s largest free trade deal over a video link on Sunday which was the…
2020-11-18
How 3D City Models Transform The Way We Design And Build Cities
A 3D city model is a digital model of urban spaces. It represents the visual and spatial features…
2020-11-14
Red State, Blue State: How Colors Took Sides In Politics
When Americans hear some pundits projecting a “blue wave,” they understand that this is a prediction of a…
2020-11-13
Six Charts That Reveal America’s Deep Divides
The 2020 race to the White House has been the most divisive for a generation. The campaign has…
2020-11-12
How Infrastructure Has Helped Societies Grow Furiously?
If we look over some previous years of the global economy, Asia’s marketplace has developed furiously and the…
2020-11-11
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
The Best Views In New York
The coronavirus pandemic has put a halt to business and leisure travel plans this year, and it’s difficult…
2020-11-10
How To Travel Around The City For Less
Getting around a major city centre can be very expensive – especially if you’re doing it day-in, day-out…
2020-11-10
How White Became The Color Of Suffrage
During her victory speech, Kamala Harris, the first woman to be elected vice president of the United States,…
2020-11-09
Biden Wins – Experts On What It Means For Race Relations, US Foreign Policy And The Supreme Court
The American public has had its say and for the first time in a generation denied a sitting…
2020-11-08
US Elections 2020: Congress Could Select The President In A Disputed Election
President Donald Trump’s campaign is challenging results of battleground states with lawsuits, hoping to litigate its way to…
2020-11-06
How Every U.S. State Has Voted Since 1976
As Americans go to cast their votes, considerable uncertainty remains about which candidate will be elected president. However,…
2020-11-06
How Running In The City Differs From Trails
Whether you are used to running in the city and considering swapping to trails or vice versa, you…
2020-11-06
Even If Biden Has A Likely Win, Leading A Deeply Divided Nation Will Be Difficult
Let’s assume Joe Biden narrowly wins the electoral college, and the Trump team lodges a series of court…
2020-11-06
For Donald Trump, His Defeat Will Be Fake News
Trump threatened to deny his defeat and challenged the ballot box because it probably won’t accommodate his desires.…
2020-11-05
Who Invented The Electoral College?
The delegates in Philadelphia agreed, in the summer of 1787, that the new country they were creating would…
2020-11-05
What It’s Like To Lose A Presidential Election
The American public may not find out who wins the presidential election on Nov. 3 or Nov. 4…
2020-11-04
Here’s How US Presidents Get Elected (It’s Not By Winning The Most Votes)
If Americans could vote on their presidential electoral system, polls suggest they’d dump it. In the meantime, if all goes…
2020-11-03
How The Electoral Votes Are Distributed
The result of the U.S. election hangs not on the total number of votes received by each candidate, but rather…
2020-11-03
Everything You Need To Know About The US Election
Nov. 3, 2020, is election day in the United States, and Americans across the country have already started…
2020-11-03
Think Everyone Died Young In Ancient Societies? Think Again
You might have seen the cartoon: two cavemen sitting outside their cave knapping stone tools. One says to…
2020-11-02
American Suburbs Radically Changed Over The Decades – And So Have Their Politics
Suburban voters in a number of areas are considered critical swing voters. The growing political stakes reflect the…
2020-10-29
Reasons Why Defensive Driving Is A Must
Being involved in a motor accident can be an extremely stressful time. Not only are you likely to…
2020-10-28
How Cities Take Advantage Of Server Databases In 2020
Modern cities are inextricably intertwined with digital technologies, not just in terms of the devices that individual residents…
2020-10-27
6 Convincing Reasons To Go All-Electric This Year
With all of the options for going electric in 2020, then finding the right option that works for…
2020-10-27
6 Cities That Rank High When It Comes To Electricity Consumption
For decades now we have become increasingly aware of the levels of our electricity consumption as our lives…
2020-10-26
Top Banks In New Zealand
New Zealand operates a bubbly free-market economy. It is no secret that the New Zealand financial services sector…
2020-10-21
This Is How Public Buildings Can Serve This Crisis And Be Ready For The Next One
In the event of a public health crisis or natural disaster, public buildings deliver life-saving services and capacity…
2020-10-19
The Best And Worst Cities For Expats To Live In 2020
Asian cities dominate this year’s list. Countries at the bottom are not what you’d expect. Taipei emerges as…
2020-10-18
The Role Of Automatic Number Plate Recognition Technology In Road User Safety
Automatic number-plate recognition technology uses optical character recognition to read vehicles’ registration plates and store captured images of…
2020-10-17
Electric Car Sales Are On The Rise – Is Coronavirus A Turning Point For The Market?
Lockdowns across Europe to curb the coronavirus pandemic drastically changed how we move around the world. Work-from-home restrictions,…
2020-10-17
How To Earn From The Stock Market In 2020
The year 2020 has been a rough one so far. With only a few months left on the…
2020-10-14
Opening A City Hotel: 4 Smart Tips
Starting any business in the city is a daunting task, but the prospect of opening a hotel in…
2020-10-09
What It Would Mean To Live In A Smart City
Smart cities are the future, with more and more cropping up around the globe, using technology to provide…
2020-10-06
Trump’s COVID-19 Diagnosis: What Lies Ahead Could Include A Constitutional Crisis Over Succession
Since Donald Trump was admitted to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for COVID-19 treatment on Oct. 2,…
2020-10-05
Should Investors Fear A Second Market Crash?
The 2020 stock market crash was as exponential as it was sudden, with huge entities such as the…
2020-10-05
Urban Farming: Four Reasons It Should Flourish Post-Pandemic
Since lockdown, public interest in growing fruit and vegetables at home has soared. Seed packets are flying off…
2020-10-05
World Leaders Who Contracted Covid-19
U.S. President Donald Trump announced that he and his wife, Melania Trump, have contracted the coronavirus after traveling…
2020-10-03
Personal Safety Tips If You Live In A Big City
Risks are part of our daily lives, and it’s inevitable that throughout our day-to-day experiences, we’re exposed to…
2020-10-02
The US Economy Is Reliant On Consumer Spending – Can It Survive A Pandemic?
The COVID-19 pandemic has radically affected the American economy, reducing spending by American households on materials goods, air…
2020-09-29
Here’s How To Make Public Transport Safer During COVID-19
As people around the world emerge from coronavirus lockdowns and return to work, the question of how to…
2020-09-28
How Presidents Have Shaped The US Supreme Court – And Why The Choice Of Its Next Justice Is So Crucial
After the death of the supreme court justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, President Donald Trump finds himself with an…
2020-09-25
How COVID-19 Is Shaping Our Cities And Communities
The emergence of COVID-19 in early 2020 turned our world upside down, forcing the global population indoors and…
2020-09-23
How Influential Are Economic Policies On The US Presidential Election Odds?
The US election is heating up with incumbent Donald Trump fighting to ‘win four more years’ against Democratic…
2020-09-17
Coronavirus Hasn’t Killed The City. Here’s Why
No city has escaped the deadly spread of COVID-19. But the virus has had a profoundly uneven impact…
2020-09-16
This ‘Self-Sufficient’ Chinese City Is Being Built With Future Pandemics In Mind
A new city near Beijing featuring wooden apartment blocks, rooftop farms and renewable energy is being designed with…
2020-09-14
3 Ways Realtors Are Adapting To Technology
No industry is immune to change, and the best businesses are those that are agile and flexible enough…
2020-09-10
This Century Will See Massive Shifts In The Global Population, Economy, And Power Structure
A lot of the predictions we hear about the future involve a hot, crowded planet, one where we…
2020-09-09