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Streetics - We do street analytics.

Streetics - We do street analytics. | Urban Life | Scoop.it
Streetics is an evaluation platform for streets. Relying on fundamental criteria for quality of life, like centrality, environment, green areas or transports, our mission is to classify all the streets of every city in the world.
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Google Art Project agora tem a arte das ruas de São Paulo

Google Art Project agora tem a arte das ruas de São Paulo | Urban Life | Scoop.it
Você deve se lembrar do Google Art Project, aquele projeto do Google que criou versões virtuais de museus usando métodos similares ao do Street View. Agora o Art Project foi às ruas e criou uma galeria com Street Art de ...
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THE HUMAN CITY: Seven Questions for Mathieu Lefevre – Next City

THE HUMAN CITY: Seven Questions for Mathieu Lefevre – Next City | Urban Life | Scoop.it
For three days in June, 1,000 of the world’s foremost urban thinkers, designers, innovators and decision-makers will gather in São Paulo, Brazil for the second annual New Cities Summit.
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Shareable: 7 Ways To Reinvent Your City, Burning Man Style

Shareable: 7 Ways To Reinvent Your City, Burning Man Style | Urban Life | Scoop.it
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Shareable: How to Map the New Economy in Your City

Shareable: How to Map the New Economy in Your City | Urban Life | Scoop.it
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A Terrifying, Fascinating Timelapse of 30 Years of Human Impact on Earth

A Terrifying, Fascinating Timelapse of 30 Years of Human Impact on Earth | Urban Life | Scoop.it
A new interactive project from Google, NASA and the US Geological Survey.
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How the Internet Should Increase Geographic Mobility -

How the Internet Should Increase Geographic Mobility - | Urban Life | Scoop.it
We're adjusting to a world where more and more interactions are not face-to-face and trust can be cultivated online.
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Retrato gigante construído com objetos só pode ser visto de um único ponto de vista -

Retrato gigante construído com objetos só pode ser visto de um único ponto de vista - | Urban Life | Scoop.it
O artista francês Bernard Pras trabalha com obras quase que inteiramente dentro do domínio da anamorfose, que significa “sem forma” ou “deformado”. É um ef
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Measuring life quality: the Boston Indicators Project | Kaid Benfield's Blog | Switchboard, from NRDC

Measuring life quality: the Boston Indicators Project | Kaid Benfield's Blog | Switchboard, from NRDC | Urban Life | Scoop.it
For the past several years, the Boston Foundation has been collecting data on key indicators of the health of the city’s economic, social, and natural environment. The Boston Indicators Project surveys ten key categories relevant to quality of...
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Sprite cria sombra portátil com pés de limão -

Sprite cria sombra portátil com pés de limão - | Urban Life | Scoop.it
Uma das obras mais problemáticas e invasivas que a cidade de São Paulo já concebeu, o Minhocão se tornou praticamente uma praia de paulista aos domingos. A
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Arte en el cielo // Sky art (by Thomas Lamadieu)

Arte en el cielo // Sky art (by Thomas Lamadieu) | Urban Life | Scoop.it

After watching the clouds floating over the picturesque buildings in his hometown of Avignon, France, Thomas Lamadieu forged whimsical figures squeezed from the pockets of heaven.


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La ville dans laquelle nous voulons vivre

La ville dans laquelle nous voulons vivre | Urban Life | Scoop.it

Sociale, écolo, connectée: pendant six mois, la rédaction de Youphil.com imagine la ville du futur.

A quoi ressemblera votre ville demain? Transport, urbanisme, travail, habitat... Pendant six mois, la rédaction de Youphil.com imagine la ville du futur, celle dont nous rêvons: une ville durable, connectée, écolo. Une ville qui tisse du lien social, innove en créant des éco-quartiers, tout en réhabilitant les anciens. Une ville qui offre à tous ses habitants, et pas seulement aux élites, l’accès à un meilleur cadre de vie, qui favorise le bien-être.


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rethink urban - Plazas dead and lively and the passageways that connect

rethink urban - Plazas dead and lively and the passageways that connect | Urban Life | Scoop.it
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The future city

The future city | Urban Life | Scoop.it
Successful implementation of an economic-growth strategy requires tapping into the talents of high-skilled workers, entrepreneurs, researchers, and visionaries and creating a base of effective anchor institutions and infrastructure.
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16 Rules for 'Smarter' Smart Growth

16 Rules for 'Smarter' Smart Growth | Urban Life | Scoop.it
It’s time to update the so-called 1990's-era "ten principles" that emphasize compact development, transportation choices, and so on.
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Bars Are the Secret to Thriving Downtowns: The Best #Cityreads of the Week

Bars Are the Secret to Thriving Downtowns: The Best #Cityreads of the Week | Urban Life | Scoop.it
Our weekly roundup of the most intriguing articles about cities and urbanism we've come across in the past seven days.
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Shareable: Vote for the Participatory Budgeting Project's New Video

Shareable: Vote for the Participatory Budgeting Project's New Video | Urban Life | Scoop.it
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Takushi! Tokyo’s Lovely Taxi Lights — The Pop-Up City

Takushi! Tokyo’s Lovely Taxi Lights — The Pop-Up City | Urban Life | Scoop.it
Tokyo is one of those cities with a very outspoken and recognizable style. This becomes even more clear when you take a look at remarkable lights on the roof of its taxis.
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The "Urban Transect" Through Mexico City [VIDEO] | Sustainable Cities Collective

The "Urban Transect" Through Mexico City [VIDEO] | Sustainable Cities Collective | Urban Life | Scoop.it
One photo, every eight steps, the camera pointed straight ahead. The formula is simple, but the results reveal a lot about the way we perceive urban streetscapes.
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How Community Blogs Become A Tool For City-Making — The Pop-Up City

How Community Blogs Become A Tool For City-Making — The Pop-Up City | Urban Life | Scoop.it
City blogging is a great tool to share ideas around the world toward better urban futures, but it’s also a potent tool for hyper-local community development.
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Placemaking: There must be a "There" | Sustainable Cities Collective

Placemaking: There must be a "There" | Sustainable Cities Collective | Urban Life | Scoop.it
Places of appealing character and distinctiveness draw us to them and away from sprawl; as they do, they become more sustainable, in a quite literal sense.
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Chief Resiliency Officers Versus Antifragility

This post originally appeared at Neighborhood Effects, a Mercatus Center blog about state and local policy and economic freedom.
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The Bike Boom Is Happening in Cities Making a Push to Improve Cycling | Streetsblog.net

The Bike Boom Is Happening in Cities Making a Push to Improve Cycling | Streetsblog.net | Urban Life | Scoop.it
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HARUTO HOSHI: "SHINJUKU" - Since 2008, AMERICAN SUBURB X | the Art, Photography and Culture that matters.

HARUTO HOSHI: "SHINJUKU" - Since 2008, AMERICAN SUBURB X | the Art, Photography and Culture that matters. | Urban Life | Scoop.it

Since his teen years, Hoshi has been obsessed by the nightlife of the urban entertainment districts of Tokyo; the vulgar neon signs, the dark trash-filled alleys, and the backdrop of human drama taking place both inside and outside the clubs and bars.  Haruto Hoshi was born 1970 in Kanagawa and educated at Contemporary Photography Research Institute.


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Does Every City Need A Chief Resilience Officer?

Does Every City Need A Chief Resilience Officer? | Urban Life | Scoop.it
The Rockefeller Foundation plans to fund positions in 100 cities worldwide.
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Ideia de WiFi em árvores centenárias vence Leão Verde Social - Adnews - Movido pela Notícia

Ideia de WiFi em árvores centenárias vence Leão Verde Social - Adnews - Movido pela Notícia | Urban Life | Scoop.it
Pedro Chamme e Rodrigo Sganzerla foram os vencedores e ganharam uma viagem a Cannes
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