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What Our Cities Need To Do To Be Truly Liveable For All
Urban planners, governments and developers are increasingly interested in making cities “liveable”. But what features contribute to liveability?…
The Darker Side Of Liveable Cities Like Sydney
Sydney is frequently placed in the top ten of global “liveability” rankings. But despite the growing popularity of…
Why Cheaper Cities Tend To Be Less Liveable?
If you are a Bengaluru resident and have been feeling the pinch of inflation, we have a surprise:…
The Top 10 Most Liveable Cities In The World
The Economist Intelligence Unit, operating under parent media group, The Economist conducts research and analysis on countries and…
How To Actually Make Parks Actively Liveable
Parks are central to the concept of liveable cities. They are an important public resource that provide opportunities…
How To Cook Up Liveable Cities With Key Ingredients
Liveable communities and resilient cities are buzzwords of the moment. But exactly how do you define a “liveable”…
Liveable Cities : Who Decides What That Means And How We Achieve It
The Conversation has appointed a cities and policy editor to lead our coverage of the myriad issues affecting…
These 5 global cities are leading the charge to a renewable future
A billion people live in a city with renewable energy targets or policies. Cities contribute three-quarters of CO2…
7 Ways To Decrease Your Employee Turnover Rate
Employee turnover can be a mystery for many business owners and HR departments. Hiring new people to join…
Buildings, Tunnels And Bridges Could Soon Repair Themselves
Over time the weather, vibration, ground movements and general wear and tear can take their toll on the masonry…
Smashing The Urban Myths: How Clean Energy Builds New Cities
Our cities are hotbeds of inspiration, connection and breathtakingly brilliant ideas. They have given us so much –…
Mobile Forests Could Help Cities Cope With Climate Change
Cities are becoming harder places to live in as climate change brings higher temperatures, water scarcity and flooding…
Smart Cities Aim To Make Urban Life More Efficient – But For Citizens’ Sake They Need To Slow Down
All over the world, governments, institutions and businesses are combining technologies for gathering data, enhancing communications and sharing…
There Are Dozens Of Ways To Rank Cities. Here’s What They All Get Wrong
Every year, the world’s most “liveable” cities are celebrated, in city rankings published by Mercer, the Economist Intelligence…
Why The World Should Be Watching India’s Fast-Growing Cities
The UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) predicts that future increases in the world’s urban population will…
A Living, Breathing City Through Smart Technology
As cities become more congested – the United Nations estimate 70% of all humans will be urban-living by…
Working With Nature Can Help Us Build Greener Cities Instead Of Urban Slums
As Australian cities grow and transform, we need to ensure we are not building the slums of the…
Encouraging City Dwellers To Walk More
Many cities today are saddled with high car dependency, wider roads, fewer pedestrian-friendly streets, increased pollution and inevitably,…
More Children Are Living In High-Rise Apartments, So Designers Should Keep Them In Mind
Australian cities are changing. Instead of families living in low-density suburban areas, more parents are raising children in…
African Cities Must Address Social & Economic Issues When Upgrading Slums
In sub-Saharan Africa, over 55% of the urban population are estimated to live in areas categorised as slums and informal…
With Smart Cities, Your Every Step Will Be Recorded
Modern cities are brimming with objects that receive, collect and transmit data. This includes mobile phones but also objects…
Religious Faith Can Help People To Build Better Cities – Here’s How
Religious faith is deeply ingrained in the way cities look and function. In the past, cities were often…
The 100 Million City : Is 21st Century Urbanisation Out Of Control?
Projections suggest cities will swell at an astonishing pace – but whether that means our salvation or an…
Why Isn’t Australia An Active Travel Mecca?
Australian city planners are seeking ways to make cities better for walking and cycling. “Walkability and cyclability are attractive and “green”…
This Is Why Health Has To Be At The Heart Of The New Urban Agenda
Urban experts gathered at the ninth World Urban Forum in Kuala Lumpur over the past week to discuss progress on…
How Slums Can Inspire The Micro-Cities Of The Future
Soon, one third of humanity will live in a slum. Our cities are at breaking point. Over 90%…
The Quest For The Convivial City: How Do Ours Fare?
What comes to mind when you think of the word “convivial”? Likely, images of happiness, freedom, relaxation and…
Top Cleanest Cities In The World 2017
All human beings want to live in a clean and green environment but not all people are committed…
Are You Sure Your City Is Better?
Our cities have now been named as the saving places of a planet in crisis. And yet we…
Temporary Cities In The Desert, A Model Of Human Respect For Earth?
On the alkali flats of north-western Nevada’s Black Rock Desert, the featureless yellow-packed playa (desert basin floor) stretches…
Flat White Urbanism: There Must Be Better Ways To Foster A Vibrant Street Life
Iconic architectural pieces may attract large numbers of tourists but are not the only things that live in…
Living Off The Edge In A City Mall Where Design Fuels Conflict
There are few more telling signs of conflict in urban spaces than calls to send in the police.…
We Are Finally Realising Smart In Cities Is Not Just About Tech
Australia, one of the world’s most urbanised nations, is looking to up its investment in digital technologies to…
Smarter Cities May Very Well Be Slower Cities For True Urban Soul
Peter Jackson employed an intricate approach to the stage design of Lord of the Rings. The people who…
Poor Urban Planning, Poor Urban Life. Simple.
Modern urban planning first came about to improve industrial cities that had become unsafe, unhealthy and essentially unliveable.…
To Be Smart About Cities, Have The Future In Mind
Smart cities create a symbiosis between information, the Internet of Things and technologies to make better decisions and…
In Melbourne, Again: Artists Turn Vandalism Into Art
The Lord Mayor of Melbourne, Robert Doyle, recently proposed new bylaws to give police additional powers related to…
The Top 5 Most Reputable Countries In The World: What It’s Like Living There
When we talk about reputation, we think ‘image’, what a person is known and remembered for. It is…
Why The Price Of Convenience & Technology Is Our Privacy
Futuristic supermarkets promise customers the truth about their shopping, says Prof Carlo Ratti, but what are the retailers…
It Is Obvious To Begin With, Cities Are First & Foremost For People
The federal government’s recently released Smart Cities Plan is built on three pillars: smart investment, smart policy and…
Why Vejle’s Flood Defence Is Also The Kernel Of Its Resilience
As Rotterdam becomes the latest city to unveil its resilience strategy, Athlyn Cathcart-Keays looks at how the port…
Why & How Perth Is Testing If Its Strategy Is Really Working
City planning has many approaches that have been used to enable better economic, social and environmental outcomes. The…
London Is The World’s Best City? Nature Or Nurture?
Are great places created, or do they just happen? This question is receiving a great deal of attention…
Vienna’s 7th Makes It Undeniably The Best City For Quality Of Life
Study examining socioeconomic conditions places Austrian capital at apex of index while London, Paris and New York fail…
Singapore + Copenhagen = Smart City Fusion
To mark the 50th anniversary of close bilateral ties between Singapore and Denmark, the two countries came together…
What’s The Best Way To Plan A City?
A lot of municipalities want to plan for more sustainable urban growth and are applying fairly rigid urban…
Neighbourhood-Scale Development Benefits
By taking advantage of increased efficiencies, developing on a precinct or neighbourhood scale creates smarter and more liveable…
Walkonomics And The High Line Effect
Investing in walkable public spaces should be a no-brainer; they can be a catalyst for regeneration, make…
Quirky Ideas For More Sustainable Cities
City living has many upsides, but a sustainable lifestyle is increasingly not among them. Pollution, traffic and loss…
Ten Things For The Perfect City
A hipster economy and celebrities misbehaving in public are also essential for the ideal city. For the Economist,…