Innovation & Collaboration Brings Clean Water to Eight Communities in Honduras
Poor water quality and inadequate distribution is more than a rural problem, with communities of varying sizes across th... read more
Poor water quality and inadequate distribution is more than a rural problem, with communities of varying sizes across th... read more
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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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There’s a lot to consider when building a modern building in a predominantly historic area, and many developments end up feeling totally out of place. However, one project in Toledo, Spain, managed to avoid this fate. Here’s how. |
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After London successfully implement a congestion pricing scheme in 2003, countless cities said they were considering doing the same. Nine years later, few have followed London’s lead. So what’s happened to city-wide congestion pricing? |
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At Rampton Drift in South Cambridgeshire, 13 houses built over 40 years ago are being fitted out with £320,000 of energy-saving and micro-generation technologies. And the whole process is being monitored through Facebook. |
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We see them every day, popping up on our Twitter feeds, filtered through blogs, or even scattered throughout the New York Times: maps portraying not the usual locations or destinations, but data. Through mapping intangibles, citizens are shaping the culture of their cities. |
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In 1989, construction began on a development near the South Korean capital of Seoul, aiming to create an urban region which specialised in print and publishing. The project has been a huge creative and economic success, but the same can’t be said for the site’s sustainability. |
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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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Could urban farming move from buzzword to a genuine business opportunity for cities? The Plant – a former meatpacking building in Chicago now home to fish and vegetable farms – believes so, creating an urban farm that is self-sufficient in more than just an environmental sense. |
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