Tag: Cities

Daily news – February 4, 2022

AFRICA Strategies for financing Africa’s health sector. Vera Songwe, Brookings:  Never before in the last half century has Africa’s health care landscape seen so many...

Leuven harnesses the power of “radical participation” (Sarah Wray, Cities Today)

Most cities now recognise the importance of partnerships and collaboration to tackle pressing societal issues and the climate crisis. But handshakes, good will and...

Amsterdam introduces mandatory register for sensors (Sarah Wray, Cities Today)

Private companies, research institutions and government organisations in Amsterdam are now obliged to report sensors deployed in public spaces. The information is being displayed via...

Can Barcelona Create a New Kind of Tourist Economy? (Carlo Ratti, Project-Syndicate)

After hosting the Olympics in 1992, the Catalan capital became one of Europe’s most popular destinations, but the influx of tourists strained infrastructure and...

These are the world’s most expensive cities to live in (Al Jazeera)

Tel Aviv is the most expensive city in the world, according to an annual survey by the Economist magazine. The Israeli city takes the top...

A conversation with Nicolas Gharbi, principal advisor on international affairs of Madrid (Zoe Swarzenski and Max Bouchet, Brookings)

On November 8, Tony Pipa, senior fellow of the Brookings Center for Sustainable Development, hosted Nicolas Gharbi, principal advisor on international affairs of the...

Infographic: The 100 most polluted cities in the world (Hanna Duggal, Al Jazeera)

Every year, a thick smog covers India’s capital New Delhi. Last week, it got so bad for the 20 million residents that authorities shut schools. New...

COP26 shows cities can lead on climate, but must strengthen their data and action plans (Mark Muro, David G. Victor, Colleen Dougherty, Adie Tomer,...

As U.S. metropolitan leaders return to domestic realities after COP26, the United Nations climate summit, they face a glaring contradiction. COP26 shows cities can lead on...

How Melbourne Rescheduled its Future (Carlo Ratti, Project-Syndicate)

Melbourne is not the most distinctive of Australia’s cities. It does not have Sydney’s sandy beaches or Brisbane’s rugged, “Crocodile Dundee” appeal. Lying on...

Big cities aren’t dividing America. They hold the key to our collective future (Amy Liu and Alan Berube, Brookings)

Over the past several years, it’s become increasingly convenient to label cities and metro areas as “blue” and prosperous and rural areas as “red”...

Urban leaders, influencers, chart new path for world cities (UN News)

Mayors of Mexico City, Bogotá, New Orleans, Freetown, Gaziantep and Barcelona joined other urban leaders, designers, activists and thinkers from around the world on Wednesday, to chart a new path for cities. Urban leaders, influencers,...

The geography of AI. Which cities will drive the artificial intelligence revolution? (Mark Muro and Sifan Liu, Brookings)

AI R&D and new firms are rising as shares of the U.S. total Share of AI-related projects in federal R&D expenditures at U.S. colleges and...

Cities/SDGs. City playbook for advancing the SDGs (Brookings)

This “City Playbook for Advancing the SDGs” compiles a series of how-to briefs and case studies on advancing sustainable development and social progress locally....

Risk and human factor in the “glocal where” (by Marco Emanuele)

In the twenty years following September 11, the world seems not to have understood the lesson of that event. In fact, there have been...

USA/Cities/Artificial Intelligence. TechTank Podcast Episode 27: Which U.S. Cities Are Poised for AI Growth? (Darrell M. West, Brookings)

AI is generating a lot of interest all around the world. It is a way to spur innovation, develop new products and services, and...

Cities/Technologies/Climate Change. Are Energy Clocks the Smart Way to Make Cities Cleaner? (Tony Blair Institute for Global Change)

Olamide Oguntoye Cities trying to go cleaner by cutting emissions often find smart technologies –despite their huge potential benefits – challenging to implement and...