The concept of smart cities is a kind of received wisdom among planners and technologists, but ou...
In some western states, utilities are flipping the script on waste-water treatment, transforming ...
PARIS — This past summer, Parisians bid adieu to Autolib', a pioneering electric-car-sharing service that came to a premature demise after operating for fewer than seven years. But that ...
Alternative energy projects might be good for the environment. But with a few exceptions, they're...
Many have hailed the innovations of Songdo, a planned community near the South Korean capital of ...
ANDORRA LA VELLA — Perched in the Pyrenees between Spain and France, Andorra — with fewer than 80,000 inhabitants — is as small as it is remote. And yet, the European micro-nation is ...
In Switzerland, some local governments are turning to sound specialists to make cityscapes easier...
COLÓN ISLAND — As the world continues to bury itself in plastic bottles, a few pioneers are coming up with clever ways to put all that refuse to good ...
France has long been an innovator in building materials, from the steel splendor of the Eiffel To...
"The city is a complex form for which there exists no equivalent in nature..."
Saving rainwater and increasing green spaces are two small steps shown to help fight the ravages ...
Ignored during the 20th century, mudbrick is reappearing in modern Swiss construction. Not only i...
By next year, there will be three times more connected objects than humans on earth, all containi...
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TIANJIN — A stone's throw from the highly polluted Bohai Gulf, the Tianjin eco-city is like a mirage. Its buildings, surrounded by trees, offer a rare green and airy ...
PARIS — Our fair-minded but ever subjective staff of journalists, translators and editors have chosen what we believe to be the year's most engaging and ...
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To both improve cities and conquer markets, companies are turning to urban simulators with the in...
The global refugee crisis forces us to rethink city planning and housing, with more focus on assu...
Hosting 30 million people in the world's largest pilgrimage, Nashik is a temporary exampl...
-Analysis- BEIJING — A recent United Nations report predicted that the year 2017 will be the turning point for China's demography. After reaching its ...
