by John Addison | May 26, 2015 | Smart Cities
Two thousand people live in the zero net energy (ZNE) community of West Village. Near the University of California, Davis, student and staff residents can easily walk to campus. From shopping to campus to fun, they also bicycle everywhere in one of the most bicycle...
by Swati Pujari | May 25, 2015 | Smart Cities
The 7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit parts of Nepal on 25th April 2015, and the series of aftershocks that followed, has claimed more than 8,000 lives and injured more than 20,000. Besides the overwhelming human loss, numerous settlements have been affected. In the...
by Christer Larsson | May 12, 2015 | Smart Cities
A paradigm shift in the national architecture programme What is modern architecture policy, and why is it being reviewed now? The increased importance of cities, continued urbanisation, new lifestyles, changes in working life and globalisation, are the concepts in...
by Lisa Reudenbach | May 11, 2015 | Smart Cities
Around the world, an estimated one billion people are on the move. Their reasons for migrating are just as varied as the migrants themselves; some are pulled by social and economic opportunities, while others are pushed by conflict, political upheaval, social...
by Blair A. Ruble | May 1, 2015 | Smart Cities
Baltimore became my refuge when I moved to the District four decades ago. As a native New Yorker, I could not quite adjust to overly conformist official and bureaucratic life in a nation’s capital. Charm City’s quirky citizens just an hour away offered a much...
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