Mitigating the urban heat island effect for cooler cities
Our planet is growing warmer each day as a result of global warming and climate change. In fact, the United Nations...
Maldives Floating City reinvents living in a water world
Maldives Floating City is the first development of a new era for sustainable living. In this waterfront paradise,...
THIS is natural city living in an urban oasis in Amsterdam
City living is changing and evolving in new and interesting ways. Cities have to evolve and change in order to...
Climate Islands brings nature and community into the city
Barcelona landscape and architecture firm SCOB created seven architectural-landscape "interventions" called Climate...
Copenhagen is one of the world's greenest cities, here's why
Copenhagen consistently ranks as one of the world's most sustainable cities. What is Copenhagen doing right that...
London considers car-free days to fight air pollution
London officials met at City Hall this week to discuss the best way to move forward with a ban on cars in certain...
Foster + Partners unveils sustainable masterplan for India's new state capital
Foster + Partners has moved one step closer to creating the new Indian state capital of Amaravati—a city that’s...
Playful guerrilla group unleashes 50 swings across San Francisco
A guerrilla group in San Francisco has unleashed a bunch of swings across the city. Swing Bomb SF installed more...
UAE unveils plans for massive city simulating human settlement on Mars
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has announced plans to build a 1.9-million-square-foot city that will simulate conditions...
China announces plans to build nearly 300 new eco-cities
China broke ground on a 40,000-tree-filled Forest City earlier this summer - but apparently one isn't enough. The...
Megacities could save $505 million a year thanks to trees
Trees offer enormous monetary benefit to megacities, or those urban areas where over 10 million people reside....
Cities rebel against Trump by posting climate data his EPA took down
Two months ago the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under President Donald Trump took down climate change...
Detroit debuts brand new 20,000-square-foot pedestrian plaza
Detroit, Michigan is one of the most dangerous cities in the United States for pedestrians. But the city is taking...
Climate change could make cities 8C hotter by 2100, new studies show
Climate change is raising temperatures, but the impact could be worse in the world's cities. Researchers say the...
China plans an entire new city near Beijing to cut congestion
Cities typically sprawl out over time, but the Chinese government just announced they will be building a whole...
