This review aims to answer two research questions: (i) what are the prevailing themes in urban metabolism and (ii) how have these themes measured the support of cities toward sustainability? Through clustering analysis based on bibliometric method, four different focuses and their main keywords ...
“How are we going to house these individuals with affordable housing, how are we going to put those kids into schools, how are we going to give those families jobs and economic development opportunities?” Chris Castro, Orlando’s director of sustainability and resilience, told Smart Cities Div...
“We’re testing how cities of the future can be built, developing a model quarter that’s sustainable and inclusive,” Gudrun Sack told me. Sack is managing director of Tegel Projekt GmbH, a state-owned business commissioned by the city of Berlin to develop and manage Berlin TXL. She sees...
Customized bus services have been put into practice in many cities around the world. A number of researchers studied whether individual travel behavior and travel preference have changed with the emergence of customized bus services. In addition, since the travel behavior changed greatly under the inf...
Cities need to be places of inclusion, belonging, and access. Failing to do so leads to social and economic costs for citizens, such as the marginalization and exclusion of persons with disabilities and older persons from participating in important servi
Theoretical doubts and vagueness about the definition, use, and application of resilience have not stopped firms and institutions from using the concept of resilience to label and compare cities through rankings. The arguments presented in this chapter a
These measures are crucial because Gary, like many older cities, has a combined sewage system that carries rainwater, sewage and industrial wastewater to the treatment plant in the same pipes. During heavy storms — more common due to climate change —rainwater overwhelms the system, forcing the...
Tokyo and Manchester are the world’s most walked commuting cities, with 18% and 16% of commuters respectively choosing to walk to work. Why are indices important? Understanding commuters’ pain points and emotional response are key to identifying best practices, and where meaningful behavioural cha...
With Forma’s AI-driven real-time feedback, Stantec can now assess carbon implications during design, improving efficiency and sustainability. This shift helps reduce the built environment’s carbon footprint and enhances project quality by freeing up time for higher-value tasks. Forma is proving ...
Cities in the times of COVID-19: Trends, impacts, and challenges for urban sustainability and resilience 2023, Journal of Cleaner Production Citation Excerpt : By adopting a holistic approach to housing, resilient urban planning can help create sustainable and resilient communities that are better pr...