Hudson Yards’ Smart City Initiatives
The massive development will feature innovative nods to sustainability and resiliency, but also a system for gathering data on an unprecedented scale. The 28-acre…
Van Alen Short Documentaries on Infrastructure | Episode 3 launches Feb. 17
Van Alen Sessions is an online short-documentary series highlighting current debates about urban infrastructure, presented with The Atlantic and CityLab. The first of the…
Unlocking Access to Energy Data; President’s Better Buildings Program
On January 29, as part of the President’s Better Buildings Program, the Administration announced: 18 utilities, serving more than 2.6 million commercial customers, will…
What Farmers Really Need – Water
By Chandhi Singh, Indian Institute for Human Settlements Gowramma is a slightly intimidating, enterprising woman, and a panchayat member in a village in the…
The 2016 Food+City Challenge, February 6 in Austin, Texas
Finalists in the Food+City Challenge will compete for US$50,000. Food Tank: The annual Food+City Challenge Prize encourages entrepreneurs throughout the system. And the requirement for ideas…
New Cities Alliance Joint Work Programme on Resilient Cities
The Cities Alliance is a global partnership for urban poverty reduction and the promotion of the role of cities in sustainable development. The Cities…
New Urbanization Guidelines For China’s Cities
A new set of guidelines titled “Green and Smart Urban Development Guidelines” have been published through a collaborative effort by the China Development Bank Capital, the biggest source…
Citiscope | The challenge and potential of informal settlements
The United Nations estimates that more than 860 million people are currently living in urban slums! It defines a slum as a place where…
Finnish city Mäntsälä using data centres to heat its hot water
Data centres owned by Yandex in Mäntsälä, Southern Finland are being used to heat the city’s water supply. The initiative started functioning after the…
Season 3 of UN-Habitat Urban Lectures launches
UPCOMING URBAN LECTURE RELEASES: 29 January: Steffen Lehmann, architect and urban designer 12 February: Ana Falu, National University of Argentina, Cordoba 26 February:…