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How to Compare Electricity Providers in New South Wales
No one wants to pay more for electricity than they have to, which is why it’s in your…
How to make our cities greener, healthier, wilder and fairer
By 2050, 68% of the world’s population is expected to live in a city; Rapid urbanization threatens biodiversity,…
Data Analytics: The Key to Delivering Smart Cities
Smart cities are interconnected networks of devices that collect, store, share, and communicate data all with an aim…
Where Living Is the Most Expensive
While living in Switzerland is roughly 12 percent cheaper than in New York City according to Numbeo’s Cost of…
5 Advantages Cities Have Over Rural Living
There are all kinds of ways and places you can live. Maybe you were born in a rural…
Zero Emissions Areas Tackle Multiple City Struggles: Why Aren’t They Everywhere?
A zero emissions area is a unique example of a climate solution that addresses urban congestion and pollution…
5 Trends In Urban Infrastructure Planning Design
To survive, you need roads and electricity. Here we are not talking about survival, but about the policy…
Sleep And The City: How To Improve Your Sleep When Living In A City
Living in the city has its perks. The restaurant scene, improved access to transport, and closer proximity to…
How Future Trains Could Be Less Noisy
‘We have a lot of resistance from people (living) beside the tracks who are against all construction and…
The World’s Safest Cities 2021
The Economist Intelligence Unit has published its 2021 Safe Cities Index, ranking 60 major global cities across 76 indicators…
Things to Consider Before Moving to a College Town
Anyone who has ever lived in a college town knows that they’re not like other places. It’s hard…
The Best Places to Survive Societal Collapse
Conventional wisdom might identify a lonely island as the best place to survive the apocalypse. A new scientific…
Tokyo Is The World’s Most Expensive City For Construction
Ahead of yet another overbudget Olympic Games, Tokyo was named the world’s most expensive city for construction. The Turner…
The Massive Costs Behind The Olympic Games
The 2020 Olympics are finally set to get underway in Tokyo on Friday barring a last minute cancellation amid rising…
What Are Smart Buildings and How Are They Changing the Cities of Today?
Computer technology and connectivity are evolving faster than ever. The early steps of the internet, back in the…
What Are The Most Expensive Australian Cities To Buy A House In? Find Out Here
Whether you’re thinking of moving to Australia or locating within the country itself, you’ve probably looked at house…
The city as an emergent life form, with architecture as the skeleton and roads as veins
While comparing cities to living things perhaps isn’t as novel in 2021 as it was when Organism was first released…
Cities that connect people and nature are a post-pandemic priority, conference hears
Care homes that let people age with integrity, green kindergartens and community centres that bring together people of…
The Communist Party claims to have brought prosperity and equality to China. Here’s the real impact of its rule
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is in full swing for the 100th anniversary of its founding this week,…
America’s Most Bicycle-Friendy Cities
The pandemic has created a cycling boom across much of the world and the U.S. is no exception. When the…
How the World Commutes
The latest results from Statista’s Global Consumer Survey have revealed how people around the world commute to work, school or…
Everything You Need To Know About Power Lines In One Place
Modern power grids are the literal backbone of human civilization. Our power consumption keeps growing every year as…
NATO Defense Expenditure
World leaders are descending on Brussels for the first in-person NATO summit since the start of the pandemic.…
G7 Showed That Post-Trump, The World Has Shifted
What a difference a year makes in international diplomacy. A year ago, then-US President Donald Trump was obliged…
Countries Leading Global Digital Remittance
Global digital remittance is the electronic transfer of money between individuals or companies. Most of the funds are…
G7 Is More United But Not Effective Enough To Tackle The World’s Biggest Problems
When the UK hosts the G7 summit in Cornwall between June 10 and 12, it will be the…
Fastly Global Internet Outage: Why Did So Many Sites Go Down — And What Is A CDN, Anyway?
If you were having difficulty accessing your favourite website on Tuesday evening Australian time, you’re not alone. A…
Switzerland Tops The Global Talent List Of 2020
European economies take eight out of top 10 spots in 2020 world talent ranking. Apprenticeships and employee training…
Learn The Most Important Rules Of The Construction Industry In 2021
It is quite common for construction and engineering-related businesses to have a unique set of regulations, regulations that…
World’s Worst Pandemic Leaders: 5 Presidents And Prime Ministers Who Badly Mishandled COVID-19
COVID-19 is notoriously hard to control, and political leaders are only part of the calculus when it comes…
The World’s Top Remittance Recipients
During the COVID-19 pandemic, global remittance flows have proven more resilient than expected. This is especially true for…
Is Pandemic Isolation Pushing People Towards Extremism?
Right-wing extremists are taking advantage of COVID-19 restrictions and conspiracy theories to radicalise and recruit new supporters While…
Jerusalem: The Politics Behind The Latest Explosion Of Violence In The Holy City
The recent violence at the al-Aqsa mosque/Temple Mount area and in the Old City of Jerusalem has spiralled…
Israel-Palestinian Violence: Why East Jerusalem Has Become A Flashpoint In A Decades-Old Conflict
Weeks of tensions between Palestinian protesters and Israeli security forces in East Jerusalem have boiled over in recent…
Paris to Berlin in an hour by train? Here’s how it could happen.
In November of 2020 two people were shooting through an airless tube at 160 km/h in the desert…
Sustainable transport can’t just depend on batteries. Here’s why
Batteries are an ideal solution for shorter/medium-range applications (such as for buses within a city) but they are…
The Cities With The Fastest 5G Speeds
Wireless mapping company Opensignal released an analysis of real-world 5G measurements across all frequency bands in mid-April which highlights network…
Sponge Parks And Vertical Gardens – How Cities Are Using Nature To Overcome Extreme Weather
West Gorton Park had ‘drunk’ the rainwater, releasing it into the sewer systems over time rather than all…
Europe’s Best Train Stations
The Consumer Choice Center has published its second European Railway Index, which ranks Europe’s most passenger-friendly train stations on criteria such as…
Rent Or Own? Location Is Everything
Location is famously everything when it comes to real estate, but as data from the Statista Global Consumer Survey shows,…
A City Dweller’s Guide To Loft Spaces
Lofts are no longer the bi-level bachelor pads for urbanites that they used to be. Nowadays, lofts are…
Why People Think Suburbs Are Best After Pandemic
There was a time before the pandemic when people valued being able to walk to and from work.…
Want To Create 5 Million Green Jobs? Invest In Public Transport In Cities
Mayors in around 100 cities have said that investing in public transport could create 4.6 million jobs by…
How blockchain can empower smart cities – and why interoperability will be crucial
The emergence of societal issues associated with expanding urbanization at the same time as the growing need to…
Beijing Dethrones New York As The World’s Billionaire Capital
New York has been dethroned by Beijing as the world’s billionaire capital; a position that it held for…
Top Ways To Get International Residency And Why You Might Need One
Moving to another country is a great way for you to broaden your horizons and see things that…
Press-Shy Presidents?
U.S. President Joe Biden is giving his first press conference today after 64 days in office. While the…
What Is A Smart City Like In 2021?
The concept of a ‘smart city’ should not be difficult to define in 2021, since we have actual…
What To Do When Relocating Your Business To A Smart City
Relocating your business to a smart city can be a daunting venture, and yet it can help your…
How To Drive Safely And Reduce Your Risk Of Accidents
In an ideal world, auto accidents simply wouldn’t happen, but in the real world, millions of them occur…