This Big City - Part 11

Jan

Changing Times: How the Economy Affects Generation Y Professionals

Categories: People, USA and Canada

by Claire Perkins

Temporary jobs and tight budgets are becoming all too familiar for Generation Y professionals, who are facing a seemingly permanent recession. It is thought that this generation will be stuck on a lower-income path and will remain in careers other than their first choice, long term. Read more

Jan

Changing Times: How the Economy Affects Housing and Transportation

Categories: Buildings, Residential, Transport, USA and Canada

Tags: cc, denver, washington dc

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by Claire Perkins

The recession has altered our living, employment and transportation patterns. Some of the natural effects of a roller-coaster economy are reflected in housing patterns and residential development. Let's see where some of the U.S. markets are in relation to housing and transportation patterns. Read more

Jan

A Home Built Entirely from Waste

Categories: Buildings, Residential, UK

Tags: Brighton

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by Forum for the Future

Old toothbrushes, cut-up jeans and mattress filling: landfill fodder, or the building blocks for a family home? According to a team of engineers in the UK, it’s the latter. In fact, these items are being put to use in the construction of the UK’s first permanent building made entirely from waste. Read more

Jan

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

Categories: Europe, Planning, Urban Scale

Tags: cc

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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

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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

Jan

Hamburg’s Creative Class and the Post-Creative City

Categories: Arts and Culture, Europe, People

Tags: cc, Hamburg

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by Silvie Jacobi

Over the last 10 years Hamburg has become the setting for an intense debate around urban policy and creative cities, with some experts even suggesting that the case of Hamburg could constitute a new model for socially sustainable creative cities. Read more

Jan

Solar Powered States

Categories: Asia and the Pacific, Energy and Services, Planning

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by Forum for the Future

Tokelau, an island nation in the Pacific, is the world’s first territory to become wholly solar powered, thus future-proofing its energy needs. And it was sound economics that inspired the switch. So what's stopping cities from following suit? Read more