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Anu Jogesh, Umamaheshwaran Rajasekar, Soumita Chakraborty The recent spate of floods in India has rekindled conversation on the need for smart city development that explicitly builds in resilience in planning and decision-making Climate resilience has failed to find mention in a cross-section of s

Cities , Data & Reports , Environment , Sustainable Development , Transport / 10/06/2017

Every Londoner is exposed to dangerous toxic air particles

Every area of London is exposed to air pollution beyond WHO standards and 7.9 million Londoners live in areas exceeding air quality guidelines by at least 50 per cent A new research study, based on the latest updated London Atmospheric Emissions Inventory, nearly 95 per cent of the capital’s popu

Cities , Climate , Disasters / 09/22/2017

Are our cities prepared for extreme precipitation dates?

From Mumbai to Houston, cities have caught up with heavy precipitation events in a much fiercer ways than ever before. As the world growingly moves into the cities, the progress symbol – that they are – is in great danger. They are sinking, their infrastructures have been found grossly lacki

Cities , Environment , Featured , Health , Sanitation , Sustainable Development , Water / 08/15/2017

Untreated wastewater from cities expose 885 million people to severe health risks globally

Advanced modelling methods helped determining that 65 per cent of all irrigated areas within 40 kilometres downstream from urban centres worldwide are affected by major wastewater flows Next time when you are lured by the healthy looking fresh vegetables being sold in urban limits or periphery areas

Cities , SDGs , Sustainable Development / 08/04/2017

Introduction to Sustainable Development Goals for Urban Managers

Know more about the SDG on urban management from these video series produced by TU Berlin students, Katherine Cashman and Moutasem Al-Khnaifes. More information on the sustainable development goals: http://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopm… More information on the M.Sc Urban Management program at

Cities , Climate / 07/11/2017

US mayors pledge to fight climate change

A total of 292 mayors from across the U.S. had joined the Climate Mayors Agreement. These mayors represent more than 60 million Americans from 42 states. The United States of America (U.S.) is the second largest contributor of global greenhouse gases (GHG) after China, and has the highest contributi

Cities , Sustainable Development , Transport / 07/05/2017

Bhopal’s bike sharing sets new trend in India

Sarika Panda Bhatt, Chandramuli Shukla, Amit Bhatt, With an aim to encourage non-motorised transport, a new initiative has made available some 500 bicycles from 50 stations across Bhopal that citizens can freely use through a fully automated system Bhopal, the capital of Madhya Pradesh, recently

Cities , Food , Governance , Sustainable Development / 06/27/2017

Cuba, the Urban Agricultural Pioneers

Cuba so drastically reformed its food system that it is best described as a revolution of organic urban agriculture. In the discourse of urban planning and management, Cuba is widely considered to be the pioneer of urban agriculture due to a unique political and social circumstance which necessitate

Cities , Health / 06/23/2017

The Hidden Problem: Shadows of Mental Stress Over Urban Adolescents

Seama Mowri In urban slums of Dhaka, a research team encountered several stories of manipulative suicide threats and evidence of mental angst among both male and female adolescents and young people. “He had a bottle of poison in his hands and told me he would drink it if I didn’t agree to marry

Cities , Sustainable Development / 04/23/2017

What is 5D money for a city of the future?

This is an introduction to Multidimensional Monetary Systems. The model here is based on 5 dimensions and it was conceived for a self-sufficient city. Music: Royalty Free Jazz Music Vol 1: “Tuesday Dawn” and “Wave of Content”. © 2017 Pukika.

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