Some cities are adding high-tech infrastructure. Some are implementing revolutionary sustainability plans. Others are fostering innovative business and science developments. But which city combines these qualities and others to be the smartest city?
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Some cities are adding high-tech infrastructure. Some are implementing revolutionary sustainability plans. Others are fostering innovative business and science developments. But which city combines these qualities and others to be the smartest city?
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The latest installment in our ongoing series of exchanges with experts on the subjects of health, design, food, travel, and sustainability Delete the scoop?
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Rising interest in eco-city initiatives prompts questions about what innovation processes are needed and how these can be facilitated by appropriate governance mechanisms. Via Flora Moon Delete the scoop?
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Em 6 de junho, o livro “Handmade Urbanism. From Community Initiatives to Participatory Models", de Marcos L. Rosa e Ute E. Weiland” será lançado em São Paulo junto da abertura da exposição sobre o “urbanismo feito a ... Delete the scoop?
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As urban planners debate the merits of, say, a new shopping center versus maintaining the local park, they might consider this: over time, parks--and other green spaces--make people feel better about themselves.Or, at least, that is the takeaway...
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Most cities in Canada and the U.S. are lacking in infrastructure to move millions of people safely and affordably.
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GDP and patents in cities usually grow at a faster rate than population. But why?
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Fernanda Hinke é brasileira, jornalista cultural, apaixonada por street art e bike, mora em Paris e visitou recentemente o Brasil onde se conectou com o Conexão Cultural e postou um artigo contando sobre o nosso passeio a ...
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Colab foi a grande vencedora do AppMyCity, realizado no evento New Cities Summit, promovido pela New Cities foundation
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Officials say the canal will fuel the country's economy. But opponents worry it will add to runaway sprawl and rampant water pollution. Delete the scoop?
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Digital data stem from our own personal and social cognitive processes and thus express them in one way or another. But we still don’t have any scientific tools to make sense of the data flows produced by online creative conversations at the scale of the digital medium as a whole.
Levy presents his ideas about the way human communications and digital media create platforms for augmented collective intelligence.
las comunicaciones humanas y los medios digitales crean plataformas para aumentada inteligencia colectiva.
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Is there indeed “abundance” in the commons, especially ones based on natural resources? Or do such ideas amount to a denial of nature’s finite limits?
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Quando se fala no conceito de smart city, não é incomum pensar em soluções tecnológicas avançadas atreladas à ideia da comunicação máquina-a-máquina (M2M) nas grandes cidades para melhorar o ambiente urbano.
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The founding director of the Brookings Institution's Metropolitan Policy Program discusses how the roles and responsibilities of different levels of government are being irreparably resorted.
a revolução metropolitana
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Google está publicando novas imagens de Nova York no Street View, que transmitem o espírito de força da cidade e seus habitantes: o Memorial de 11 de Setembro, o Central Park e os bairros atingidos pelo Furacão Sandy.
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Around many of our Gateway Cities like New York, Washington DC and San Francisco, are sprouting "New Cities", complete with their own infrastructure, neighborhoods, employment centers and cultural identity.
With exploding global populations, much of the talk around urbanization revolves around cities in Asia, Africa and Latin America. But here at home in the United States, a new type of city form is taking shape. Around many of our Gateway Cities like New York, Washington DC and San Francisco, are sprouting "New Cities", complete with their own infrastructure, neighborhoods, employment centers and cultural identity.
The timing of these "New Cities" is good, since in recent years there has been a resurgence of ideas of urban planning that promote mix of uses, walkability and transit oriented development. However, New Cities confront us with many unprecedented realities that we must consider and analyze in depth before we rubber-stamp our current formulas for creating vibrant urban communities. These places are inherently different from Gateway Cities, Suburban Settlements or Rural Areas. They have a DNA of their own, which requires a more tailored response...
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