These are some of the world's top smart and sustainable cities
Mar 11, 2024 · Iceland is the most environmentally friendly city ranked. Image: IESE. Hong Kong SAR, China, is another city using data, to improve citizen’s lives. It ranks top for technology, with the report citing its iAM Smart app as an example, which provides a single digital identity and authentication method for users to access government services ...
How can we make cities more sustainable? | World Economic Forum
Sep 4, 2020 · 6. The green train track. Regeneration projects are also at the forefront of sustainable city initiatives, and they are certainly on the right track in Bangkok, where the shortage of green spaces has come under scrutiny. Now an …
This is how Tokyo plans to become a sustainable city of the future ...
Sep 21, 2022 · Tokyo’s municipal government has announced plans to build a high-tech, sustainable city on reclaimed land in its bay area. New technologies will be used to make the city carbon-neutral and better able to withstand future climate and health crises. It’s hoped the project will provide a blueprint of what global cities of the future should ...
How children help design sustainable, child-friendly cities | World ...
Dec 14, 2020 · Planners are recognizing the need to put children’s welfare at the centre of urban design. Surveys suggest most young people want to be consulted about the future of their communities. NGOs are providing templates for how to bring young people into the planning process. Child-friendly policies can have long-term social and environmental benefits.
15 innovations that are bringing nature back into our cities
Jan 27, 2022 · 15 innovations bringing nature back into our cities. Living Seawalls combines ecological and engineering know-how to bring marine life back to concrete urban coastlines. We live in an urban era, by 2050 cities will host nearly 70% of humanity. If cities don’t heal their relationship with nature, our species will face increasing threats.
COP26: Here are 7 of the world's greenest buildings and best …
Nov 2, 2021 · The project showcases low carbon, sustainable building with a highly ecological specification, in a design that achieves two major sustainability certifications (Passivhaus standard and BREEAM Outstanding). Future climate data was generated and used to simulate various design scenarios to ensure the best, most robust long-term solution.
Why these are the smartest and most sustainable cities
Nov 21, 2022 · The top ten most sustainable cities. 1) London. London’s human capital, international profile, urban planning, and governance lifted it to first place in this year’s ranking. The city's drawbacks flow from the U.K.'s weaker capital in social cohesion and environment. 2) New York ’s economy is its biggest strength, but the city also stands ...
Green space and underground roads: Singapore’s ‘forest city’ plan ...
Apr 16, 2021 · In Singapore, the ‘forest town’ of Tengah is being built on land once home to a brickworks and later used for military training. Vehicles will run underground to make the eco-development’s town centre safer for walking, cycling and recreational activities. A 100-metre-wide forest corridor will connect a nature reserve and water catchment ...
Here are five policies to make transport more sustainable in cities
Mar 7, 2022 · Here are five that deserve top priority as cities strive to get ahead of future calamities: 1. Rebuild mass transit and boost multimodality. There is no economically thriving city in the world that does not depend heavily on its mass transit. That’s because when it comes to moving people, subways and buses are more efficient, equitable, and ...
This warehouse is one of the most sustainable industrial buildings …
Aug 19, 2019 · But the NewLogic III building, an office and warehouse space on the outskirts of the Dutch city of Tilburg, not only boasts a sleek exterior, it has stellar green credentials. Judged one of the most sustainable industrial buildings in the world, its environmentally friendly features include solar panels that feed surplus energy into the grid ...