by Mike Zamora | Mar 27, 2018 | Governance, Society
Many cities in the U.S. and around the world have started the process of transformation from analog to smart and sustainable. The process tends to start with the implementation of a series of independent infrastructure systems connected to a digitally linked network....
by David Weinberger | Mar 26, 2018 | Governance, Society
Anyone who has ever worked on a city’s long-term plan knows how painful it can be to balance competing priorities. Good planning requires you to listen to every community’s needs, craft a thoughtful and inclusive path forward for the city, and identify sources of...
by Peter Calthorpe | Mar 22, 2018 | Society, Technology
For a long time, cities have been likened to bodies. Circulation, metabolism, organs, digestion, all have neat parallels. But can a city think? Cognitive functions follow a sequence; raw perception, filtering information, identifying threats and desires, imagining...
by Tim Braun | Mar 20, 2018 | Infrastructure, Technology
Over the last few decades, hydraulic and hydrologic modelers have dramatically increased our understanding of urban watersheds; namely the built wastewater and stormwater infrastructure within their respective urban environments. These models have been manually tuned...
by Othello Meadows | Mar 19, 2018 | Society
Seventy Five North is a community-based organization created to facilitate the revitalization of a healthy, sustainable, mixed-income community in the Highlander neighborhood of North Omaha, Nebraska. We are currently finishing up our first phase of development which...
by Alana Miller | Mar 15, 2018 | Infrastructure, Mobility, Technology
Ben Lambert, a 34-year-old who manages fundraising efforts for a number of nonprofits, lives in one of Denver’s densest residential neighborhoods: Capitol Hill. The area surrounds Colorado’s capitol building and is home to museums, concert venues and restaurants. The...
by John Addison | Mar 14, 2018 | Resources, Society
So much of our music, video, and digital entertainment is created and produced in Los Angeles. We watch our favorite stars walk the red carpet in LA. In ten years, we will witness a spectacular and sustainable Summer Olympics in LA. Behind the scenes, LA is working...
by Matthew Futch | Mar 12, 2018 | Smart Cities
Power utilities should be optimistic about their future despite market forces and a seemingly endless stream of media regarding “death spirals”, utility business models and customer disintermediation. Here is a short list of reasons to cheer: Multiple studies,...
by Peter Jongkind | Mar 7, 2018 | Governance, Society
Urbanisation is an undeniable global trend. By 2030, urban areas are projected to house 60 percent of the world’s population. Of these urban inhabitants, 828 million people will live in slums, and the numbers are projected to keep rising. Cities are facing enormous...
by Katrina Johnston-Zimmerman | Mar 6, 2018 | Infrastructure, Society
For the first time in our history, we are a majority urban species. It’s a statistic you’ve heard before, I’m sure, but its significance should not be so quickly overlooked. Until recently, cities were far from the norm. Human populations have generally worked out a...
by Megan Ray Nichols | Mar 5, 2018 | Economy, Governance
Cities are huge drivers of economic growth. They have a large share of the population, both public and private institutions and infrastructure. In 2007, just 380 cities contributed half of global GDP. Researchers project that by 2025, 600 cities will account for 60...
by Rebecca Cooper | Mar 1, 2018 | Infrastructure, Technology
By now, I’m sure we’re all familiar with the following statistics: according to the UN, by 2050 the world population is expected to rise to almost 10 billion people, with anywhere from 66 percent to 80 percent of those people clustering in urban areas. Meanwhile, the...
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