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Leaders from cities including Boston, Houston, Vancouver and San Francisco have joined forces to help create a first-of-its kind guide to navigating the hype around smart cities.
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Base of the pyramid strategies aiming to expand entrepreneurship are starting to gain traction — but the future of sustainable business depends on doing much more.
by Stuart Hart
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A longtime official discusses how the U.N.’s new social and environmental goals go deeper, and how we can meet them.
by Mary Hoff
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The Big Apple is following the lead of cities such as Los Angeles in breaking down barriers to address interconnected social and environmental obstacles.
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Artificial pricing schemes have misaligned urban and agricultural water users. Investing in offsets to help reconcile that value gap could help.
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A nagging emphasis on 'short-termism,' tight funding and pressure to achieve sustainability at scale are pushing cities to seek new types of coordination with businesses.
by Laura McCamy
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City resilience practitioners would do well to take a page from the playbook of the first Earth Day organizers on how to galvanize a populace.
by Roya Shariat
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By 2050, 2.5 billion more people will live in global cities — 90 percent of whom will reside in Africa, Latin America or Asia. But how do these less-developed urban centers fit into the hype about smart city technology?
by Mike Hower
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The storied Motor City drove itself into a ditch. Can a new mayor and a seemingly unstoppable can-do spirit become a model for how to retrofit a city as a hotbed of sustainability?
by Joel Makower
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Evolving vehicle design and increased emphasis on local urban transportation could have big implications for sustainability and the built environment.
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The California city is betting on new environmental targets and equitable economic development, along with smart cities technology from companies like Philips, as part of a first-of-its-kind sustainability framework.
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The American South isn’t exactly known as a bastion of sustainability, but Atlanta is looking to lead the way toward widespread regional change — a role it has played historically.
by Mike Hower
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Talking Uber, Tesla and what needs to change for more sustainable transportation systems with mobility designer Dan Sturges.
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How a city undergoing rapid economic and social change is taking on challenges such as rising sea levels, earthquakes and an influx of new development.
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Better bike access, bus transit, cable cars and a central control center make this Brazilian city one to watch—and not just for the 2016 Olympics.
by Benoit Colin
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The integrated utility services model is part of Fort Collins Utilities’ success. Here’s how it works.
by James Mandel
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Transport Demand Management (TDM) strategies combine public policy and private sector innovation to reverse over-reliance on private cars.
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A new study suggests that dry-cooled, concentrated solar in the built environment could be the next wave in harvesting the sun’s energy.
by Bobby Magill
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Venues that hosted both baseball and football gave bad sight lines for both. However, other sports can share space more companionably.
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Weather shocks like Hurricane Sandy have pushed real estate developers in major markets like New York City and Chicago to find new ways to pay for housing that can stand up to a volatile climate.
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More than half of the world’s population
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There's more than one way to measure a city's shade of green. A public policy expert examines three of the most important ones.
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The Colorado city’s government and municipal utility are spearheading not just a “20 by 2020” goal, but an impressive “80 by 2030” goal as well.
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Focus on five key transportation areas could save the nation $1 trillion, 2 billion barrels of gasoline and 1 gigaton of carbon emissions — per year.
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It's time to confront the thorny issue of who gets access to solar power — and who benefits financially from renewable energy.
by Jorge Madrid