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Collaborative consumption is about sharing, trading and renting rather than owning. Enabled by technology, we can access all manner of assets from houses to technical skills. But if we really want sharing to be mainstream we have to think differently – are cupcakes a good place to start? |
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The kind of creativity we need to value is the desire of ordinary people to improve their everyday lives and environments. This is not anything to do with ideas of the creative industries, creative class, or creative cities and nothing to do with economic growth. |
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How can we create wireless, interconnected cities? What can we do to make the processes required to maintain our urban environments more efficient? These are just some of the challenges facing the cities involved with the Living Labs Global Award 2012. |
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Urban growth is a worldwide phenomenon which can been linked directly to the growth of capitalism. Latin America, as we currently know it, was formed by capitalist countries, and is the most urbanized region in the world. Yet this process of urbanization is about more than just capitalism. |
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La Paz, the administrative capital of Bolivia sits at 3,660 metres above sea level. Located in a canyon, the city climbs steep hills as it expands outwards creating an unforgettable urban setting. This photo essay offers glimpses of the city from the streets to the hillside neighbourhoods above. |
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After asking lots of questions about the economics of sustainable cities last week, This Big City turned to Twitter to try and find some answers. During the very first #CityTalk, we got caught up in a seriously fast-paced discussion on the subject, with four key trends emerging. |
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Money is tight in today’s cities, and sustainability can seem to come with a price tag beyond metropolitan budgets,with no guarantee of economic growth. |
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Karaoke is not just for terrible Christmas parties. In a not-so-pristine park in Berlin, one Irish street performer called Joe regularly draws crowds of more than 3,000 people, and that’s before the karaoke has even begun. So can karaoke transform our public spaces? |