All Cities articles 鈥� Page 9
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NewsGlasgow and Bristol picked for resilient cities drive
Rockefeller Foundation chooses 33 cities as part of new programme aimed at providing support and expertise to develop resilience of cities to major shocks
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CommentShould taxi drivers run the country?
My cabbie鈥檚 idea to lay a great water pipe under HS2 to transport water from north to south is not as daft as it seems
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NewsThe greenest building in China
Architect Feilden Clegg Bradley has been awarded the first BREEAM 鈥渙utstanding鈥� rating for any building in China
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CommentBig data, little buckets and smart cities
Data generated by construction projects tends to be on a small, local scale but if we are to plan for smart cities we need to embrace big data
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CommentLinking the global to the local
In designing and constructing the built environment we now have to consider the global impacts of our choices as well as the local ones
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CommentWe shouldn't work on projects where workers suffer
Visiting Qatar last month, I was struck by the segregation between rich and poor
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CommentRetrofit for health
As we build new communities and remodel and retrofit existing towns and cities, we should see ourselves as the new front line in health provision
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CommentThe challenge of providing public open space
We know parks and trees in our cities are good for public health so how do we fund them?
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Comment黑洞社区 the cities of 2050
The growth of megacities around the world creates both opportunities and threats
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NewsReading and Aberdeen top UK cities for quality of life
London near bottom, despite having some of the best performing boroughs in the country
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CommentCan housing be sent into space?
The drive to densify cities helps neither families nor social mobility
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CommentWe must act on cycling safety in Golding's name
The tragic death of Francis Golding should inspire the industry to tackle London鈥檚 killing streets
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CommentWhy going green can save cash quicker than you think
Sustainability shouldn鈥檛 just be seen as about long-term paybacks for increased investment
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NewsLondon's business districts set for green overhaul
Green audit guidance could increase potential for regeneration of public spaces
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NewsLondon and Paris remain Europe's top global cities
But new report finds European cities are being outpaced in growth by their emerging market counterparts
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CommentBeyond resilient cities
The Australian prime minister鈥檚 promise to repeal the country鈥檚 carbon tax sits uncomfortably with the images of bushfires around Sydney
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CommentLocal is going global
Local supply chain management poses a series of problems that need to be tackled to improve the sustainability of our cities
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CommentWhy China needs 'slow design'
The speed of architecture and construction in the country risks creating identikit cities
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Comment'Smart cities'? How about 'collaborative regional intelligence'
The UK could take the lead on regional data systems that work to address the really big issues of resilience that cities face
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CommentSave as You Pay - or not?
We need to develop a precise science of 鈥榚nergy auditing鈥� to take retrofit programmes to next level