Urban Scale | This Big City

Jan

How Romania’s Five Biggest Cities are Moving in the Green Direction

Categories: Europe, Planning, Urban Scale

Tags: cc

by Dana Fatol

After joining the European Union back in 2007, the word “sustainability” started to be heard more frequently in Romania. New opportunities for people to explore and learn from Western countries were suddenly opened, but also new minimum requirements to be met. Read more

Jan

Re-engineering Cities for Flood Resilience

Categories: Planning, Urban Scale

Comments: 1

by Forum for the Future

In the last couple of years, communities across the world have experienced devastating floods. As the threat of flooding becomes even more severe in future decades, how will we re-engineer our towns and cities to be resilient? Read more

Dec

Urban Change in Iran: Hong Kong, Dubai and the Strait of Hormuz

Categories: Asia and the Pacific, Planning, Urban Scale

Tags: cc, Dubai, Global Cities, hong kong, iran, Middle East

Comments: No

by Alejandro Echeverria

Hong Kong served as the perfect buffer zone between Western economies and China, however, it is not the only city to have had a functional dialogue between different systems. The past decade has seen the emergence of other outposts with similar issues but where the context differs greatly. Read more

Dec

Cities Without Borders

Categories: Europe, Planning, Urban Scale, USA and Canada

Tags: cc

Comments: 2

by Future Cape Town

Borders are expensive to maintain, inefficient and burdened down by bureaucratic red-tape. With increasing globalization and distances being rendered null and void by technology, borders—at least their physical forms—will in the future, become a thing of the past. Read more

Dec

Apocalypse Urbanism: #citytalk Explores a Worst-Case Scenario for Cities

Categories: Planning, Urban Scale

Tags: cc, citytalk

Comments: No

by Joe Peach

As we've seen in recent weeks, environmental disasters are not things that might happen to cities in the future, they are happening right now. Do we know how our cities might cope in worst-case scenarios? Read more

Nov

Beyond Sandy: How Climate Change Has Affected Cities Worldwide

Categories: Asia and the Pacific, Energy and Services, Latin America, Planning, Urban Scale, USA and Canada

Tags: Buenos Aires, cc, climate change, New York City

Comments: 2

by Drew Reed

Global climate change is more than something to be talked about for a couple of days after a destructive storm. Worldwide, it has changed the paradigm of planning and governance, especially for cities. Read more

Nov

Urban Change in Iran: Two Millennia of Urban Planning

Categories: Africa and the Middle East, Planning, Urban Scale

Tags: cc, heritage, history, iran, tehran

Comments: No

by Alejandro Echeverria

Iran is known as one of the oldest civilisations in the world, and many of the origins of urban planning and design can be traced back the country. Indeed, the Persian built environment has been a major influence in shaping urban traditions. Read more

Nov

Urban Change in Iran: Myth vs. Reality in the Persian City

Categories: Africa and the Middle East, Planning, Urban Scale

Tags: cc, iran, tehran

Comments: 1

by Alejandro Echeverria

Cities around the world are usually associated with elements that are deeply rooted in society’s psyche. However, the cultural, geographical and social nature of Iranian cities is less well-known. Yet the Persian city is one of exceptional achievements. Read more

All posts in Urban Scale