How the circular economy is helping China achieve its quest for ‘ecological civilisation’
Circular Economy on Medium By Vigil Yangjinqi Yu, Research Analyst, Ellen MacArthur Foundation In May of 2000, Kunsen Ji arrived in the city of Chizhou,…
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COVID-19 Presents an Opportunity to Build Back Stronger Cities
Meeting of the Minds It’s been nearly a year since the coronavirus pandemic started, and in that time, we’ve been through the ups and downs…
How smart cities can mitigate the impact of health crises
GCN By Stephanie Kanowitz Smart city technologies can help detect and mitigate public health crises, as evidenced by the current COVID-19 pandemic, new research shows.…
How to Build Great Bicycle Streets
Beyond the Automobile Bicycle streets offer a glimpse of what streets can look like when cars are not the primary design user. This blog series…
Tampa Bay weighs competing aerial transit projects
Source: Smart City Drive Florida’s Tampa Bay region is looking sky high for ways to expand its transit network and address traffic congestion, with the City…
Biden expected to spur growth of smart city tech market
Source: Smart City Drive Dive Brief: Following a projected victory for President-elect Joe Biden, the smart cities industry will be keeping a close eye on…
Is Your Data Equitable?
Harvard data-smart city “If equity isn’t intentional from the beginning, we’re not going to end up with equitable outcomes. It won’t happen by accident,” said…
A parametric approach to pandemic resilience
Source: Smart City Drive Editor’s Note: The following is a guest post from Jason King, associate and parametric design lead at IBI Group. The coronavirus…
Microsoft brings a programmer’s approach to climate action
Stanford Energy Nov 5, 2020 Precourt Institute By Kate Gibson Programmers write code, find what is not working, and then debug their program. It’s the…
5 ballot initiatives poised to propel states, cities to 100% clean energy
Source: Smart City Drive Former Vice President Joe Biden holds a narrow lead over President Donald Trump as results continue to trickle in from several…