May 02, 2019
‘Smarter’ and ‘greener’ cities. Both words are often used together when talking about the future of cities. Yet, as author Antoine Picon once said, reality tells a different story where the smart has “captured” the green. Smart today means very fast-growing energy consumption and added CO2 emissions. Five years ago, computer and internet activity polluted…
May 02, 2019
Below is an extract from Trent McConaghy’s article, which explores how “AI for Good” can be scaled to address the UN Sustainable Development Goals. One approach is to close the gap between problem owners and problem solvers using blockchain public utility network. It was originally published on April 22, 2019, by Ocean Protocol. To read…
May 02, 2019
The original article was published in the World Bank group Transport for Development blog. Technology is transforming transport with a speed and scale that are hard to comprehend. The transport systems of tomorrow will be connected, data-driven, shared, on-demand, electric, and highly automated. Ideas are moving swiftly from conception, research and design, tested to early…
Apr 25, 2019
Apr 17, 2019
Lire la version anglaise À titre de mairesse de Montréal et de membre du conseil consultatif du Wellbeing City Award de NewCities, je souhaiterais tout d’abord féliciter toutes les villes finalistes du prix Wellbeing City Award pour leurs efforts afin de placer le bien-être au cœur de leur conception, planification et politiques urbaines. Les 19…
Apr 11, 2019
Too often cities are reactively addressing wellbeing as a silo issue, rather than examining ways to holistically improve the quality of life for citizens. Together with Novartis Foundation and the Novartis US Foundation, this Big Picture explores the challenges and benefits that cities, nonprofits, and businesses face when prioritising and focussing on citizen urban wellbeing.…
Apr 11, 2019
The annual Happiness Report was published late last March – with highlights including the need for government to take happiness and wellbeing more seriously. This year’s theme, Happier Together, focuses on what we have in common, rather than what divides us. In the wake of current affairs, and the political climate around the world, this…
Apr 11, 2019
More than half of the world’s population will live in cities by 2050[1]. This statistic is frequently used to indicate the rapid pace at which urbanization is occurring. What it doesn’t indicate, however, is the host of health challenges that this population growth will bring, including a significant burden on health systems, especially resulting from…
Apr 11, 2019
On All Things Urban, we share jobs in the urban sector from all over the world, and from all over the spectrum – far beyond traditional urban planning or design. There, you can easily find such job titles as city services interaction designer, or urban mobility modelling specialist – but despite the growing popularity of…
Apr 11, 2019
Today, cities represent only 2 percent of the planet’s surface but houses approximately 50 percent of the world’s population. Generating 80 percent of the global CO2 emissions, they consume 75 percent of our energy. According to the United Nations, there will be 2.5 billion people in cities by 2050. At this rate, we will urbanize…
Apr 11, 2019
South Africa is one of the most unequal countries in the world. According to the World Economic Forum’s Inclusive Development Index 2018, no other nation has higher income inequality. Much of this has to do with South Africa’s historical legacy. The majority of the population was dispossessed by colonization and further impoverished by apartheid. People…
Apr 11, 2019
Read the french version As Mayor of Montréal and Advisory Board Member for The NewCities’ Wellbeing City Award, I would like to first and foremost congratulate all finalists prior to the Wellbeing Cities Forum for their work in placing wellbeing at the core of their design, planning, and urban policies. Home to NewCities’ headquarters, I…
