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The Best Airport In The World Aims To Outclass Itself
“The best airport aims to outclass itself before others do … Singapore Changi Airport.” From the robot cleaners…
2017-08-03
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…
2017-07-31
How Green Buildings Could Save Our Cities
New buildings are rising with urban growth. Here’s why that may be a good thing. This feature…
2017-07-28
How Much Can Cities Do About Walkability?
A lot of what fosters it is out of their control, but a little audacity goes a long…
2017-07-25
Project West Ford: Earth’s Artificial Ring
In the summer of 1963, the United States successfully put a gigantic ring around the earth. But unlike…
2017-07-24
Are Algorithms Ruining Our Lives?
Algorithms can dictate whether you get a mortgage or how much you pay for insurance. But sometimes they’re…
2017-07-21
Now. Undeniably. The Age Of Renewable Energy. Upon Us.
In 2016, more renewable energy was added to the global grid than ever before, and at a lower…
2017-07-18
How To Find Your Real Sister City
People often link Austin, Texas, and Ann Arbor, Michigan, as sister cities. Both are home to anchor universities…
2017-07-17
Chinese Architecture: Spectacular, Or Eccentric?
China is no stranger to contemporary architecture that boggles the mind or appears to side-step common sense, from…
2017-07-14
An Ancient Hydraulic System, Envy Of Modern Ones?
The Shushtar Hydraulic System in the island city of Shushtar is a complex irrigation system that dates back…
2017-07-12
Leading Mayors In America Weigh In On Our Future
Analyzing the “State of the City” speeches from urban leaders across the country gives a sense of the…
2017-07-08
Much Smart Cities. How About Creative Cities?
In 2007 US creative cities “guru” Richard Florida was flown up to Noosa to tell the local city council how…
2017-07-04
Here Are The Best Cities For Digital Nomads
The one thing truest about technology is that it is always evolving. These days, technology is more accessible…
2017-06-26
U.S. Salary Inequality From Productivity Not Just Tech Boom
Employment may have rebounded since the Great Recession, but the staggering regional gaps in both real wages and…
2017-06-22
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…
2017-06-19
Smart And Green Real Estate Makes Money Sense, Really
Improved light, ventilation and heat control can boost workers’ productivity by thousands of dollars a year and reduce…
2017-06-19
The Next Silicon Valley Will Be Much Cooler, Literally
The U.S. government is making it more difficult for companies to quickly hire talent from other countries, with…
2017-06-16
The Top Winners And Losers Among The World’s Cities
Western European cities dominate the top of our 2017 Quality of Living rankings, with Vienna remaining in the…
2017-06-16
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…
2017-06-15
How Hackers In Cities Can Solve Social Problems
Pittsburgh has declared itself an “inclusive innovation city,” meaning it is committed to making sure that white people…
2017-06-13
To Ride the Subway of the Future, All You Need Is Your Face
Biometric markers could replace physical payment methods, speeding entry for passengers (and discouraging fare evaders). Is this awesome,…
2017-06-06
Do You Know How Diverse Your Workplace Is?
We at Market Inspector firmly believe that diversity in the workplace is of enormous benefit to both corporations and…
2017-05-29
When Even Our Greenest Energy Solutions Have Consequences
There are a number of available low-carbon technologies to generate electricity. But are they really better than fossil…
2017-05-15
A (Look) Hear Back On Manhattan 400 Years Ago, VR Style
A new virtual reality project reconstructs the city’s historic soundscape. You’re standing on the High Line. The walkways…
2017-05-11
Singapore Island’s Smallness Drives The Bigness Of Its Ambitions
Jurong Island, a man-made smear of sand, lies just off the southern coast of Singapore. A quarter the…
2017-05-11
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…
2017-05-09
Where Your Product Failures Become Art For The Ages
Every successful product launch is usually preceded by a string of failures, but we only remember the winners…
2017-05-09
Do You Have What It Takes To Work On An Oil Rig?
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to work on an oil rig? We have. Recent movies such…
2017-05-09
When Cheap Housing Becomes A Cause For Crisis In The US
This is a problem that transcends the rural-urban divide. The affordable housing crisis has spared no county—rural or…
2017-05-05
Groove Out To New York Transit With the ‘Multimodal Symphony’
A chaotic animation portrays a full day of New York traffic, from buses to taxis to ferries to…
2017-05-03
In Netherlands, Cyclists Go With The Flow With ‘Flo’
A system called “Flo” system uses cute creatures to tell cyclists to speed up or slow down to…
2017-04-28
Urban Organicity, The Benefits Without The Maladies?
Cities – we are repeatedly told – are the future. Governments and global corporations seek to increase productivity…
2017-04-19
The World’s Greenest City Out Of Dreams, Oil, Pearls, And Sand.
A decade ago Dubai had one of the largest ecological footprints of any city in the world. By…
2017-04-12
The Top 10 Cities For Techies And Techies For Cities
Despite the best efforts of cities like New York and Boston, the West Coast still has a tight…
2017-04-05
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.…
2017-04-03
When Tomorrow’s Energy Is Both Clever And Striking Beautiful
When seen from thousands of feet in the air, solar installations and wind turbines become abstract works of…
2017-03-30
Amazing Project That You Wouldn’t Believe, Even If You Were Told
Desperate times call for desperate measures, and no time in history was as desperate as the time when…
2017-03-29
When Everything Is Automated, We Will Be Helpless During Crisis
We live in a world that is both increasingly complex and automated. So just as we are having…
2017-03-27
The United Kingdom Is United In City Greenery
The amount of green space in British cities varies widely, with some three times greener than others. Mapping…
2017-03-27
Airport Privatisations Have Put Profit Before Public Safety And Good Planning
The plane crash at Essendon Airport last week shows the folly of allowing runways to co-exist with commercial…
2017-03-20
Can a Bike Bridge Make Miami Safer for Cyclists?
Advocates hope this long elevated pathway is just the first step toward changing the city’s bike culture. The…
2017-03-20
How Did Electricity Change The Way People Lived In Cities?
You might know about Tesla vs. Edison. In cities, it was Edison vs. Westinghouse. The story of electric…
2017-03-16
Why Car-Free Cities Aren’t Right Around the Corner
Cities are trying to curb people’s driving habits, but most Americans aren’t ready to give up their cars.…
2017-03-15
Why Hong Kong’s Container Port May Be In Terminal Decline
Hong Kong’s wealth has grown with the container shipping trade for five decades, but if the city’s port…
2017-03-09
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…
2017-03-03
The Modern Living In Rural Communities
Living in a rural location has its perks. It’s peaceful, it’s quiet, and you’re out the way of…
2017-02-17
How Big Data Is Adding A Whole New Dimension To Public Spaces
Most of us encounter public spaces in our daily lives: whether it’s physical space (a sidewalk, a bench,…
2017-02-16
Alert: The Most Northern Settlement in The World
Located just over eight hundred kilometers away from the North Pole, the community of Alert, on the northeastern…
2017-02-07
When The Heat Is On, What Should We Do In Our Cities?
The recent spate of heatwaves through eastern Australia has reminded us we’re in an Australian summer. On top…
2017-02-07
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…
2017-02-03