The creative destruction of the fossil-fuel energy sector that is underway offers cities unique economic opportunities, as well as the pain of a massive transition. Few cities have done more than Vancouver to convert the opportunities into short-term economic activity and long-term positioning in the emerging…
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In the rising wave of optimistic, but pie-in-the sky, smart city initiatives, Boston’s “Smart Cities Playbook” takes a pause for a refreshing examination of what cities actually need to move their projects and initiatives forward. It’s an honest and practical description of where the city is…
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The announcement attracted international headlines: a new Chinese city is being built–a “forest city.” The Milan-based design firm hired by the urban planning department of Liuzhou, an inland city of 1 million residents an 11-hour train ride southwest from Shanghai, to develop the project at a…
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It’s no secret that cities implementing sustainability efforts often need their residents and businesses to change their behaviors–and this can be very hard to do. A few years ago we noticed that New York, Boston, Washington, and a few other cities had put together a number…
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SHANGHAI — When the 22-floor Park Hotel was built here in 1934 it was the tallest building in the city—and it stayed at that lofty peak for nearly 50 years. I’m here exploring this handsome art deco building for a personal reason and a professional one.…
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“The greatest city in the world.” How often do we hear New York described this way? A lot. I grew up in the Connecticut suburbs in the 1960s and 70s and count myself among the Big Apple’s biggest fans, but having moved west a decade ago,…
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March 15, 2018 | Adaptive Futures, Carbon-Free Advantage, Cities, Climate Innovation Laboratory Cities, Consumption Reduction, Green Branding, Renewable Energy, Urban Climate Innovation, Urban Transformation
