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Building in A More Ecological Way

The first question is to seek to build in a more ecological way. Concrete is the most used resource in the world after water. We produce 30-35 billion tonnes of concrete per year, which represents 8-10% of global CO2 emissions, a huge amount for just one material. But solutions do exist: most of the CO2 emissions during the production of concrete c...

Different Issues, Different Answers

But it is clear that the cities of the world respond to very different problems: while, for example, the cities of Africa and South-East Asia emit annually about 1.5 tonnes of CO2 per capita, those of Europe are at 5 tonnes and those of the United States and Australia at 15 tonnes. Therefore the answers to be given are different. For the latter, it...

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Is the Smart City a solution to all urban ills?

Evangelical sloganeering from science, technology and engineering – which proclaim the smart city as the solution to all urban ills – has drowned out criticisms from the social sciences about the human problems they create.

What are the most common environmental threats to cities?

Common environmental threats include flooding, tropical cyclones (to which coastal cities are particularly vulnerable), heat waves and epidemics. Owing to the physical and population density of cities, such threats often result in both devastating financial loss and deaths.

Is it time to rethink cities' approach to software?

The solution: As the amount of data urban centers produce, capture, and rely on to guide public policy continues to mushroom, it’s time to rethink cities’ approach to software, says Ben Cerveny, president of the Foundation for Public Code.

How can cities reduce emissions and improve quality of life?

Cities can reduce emissions and improve quality of life by transforming their urban plans, built environment, and energy use. The region has made some progress in incorporating energy- and water-saving technologies in housing, but much remains to be done to reduce cities’ environmental footprints.

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Security and Privacy in Smart City Applications: Challenges and

IoT the smart city has become an emerging par- address these security and privacy challenges for ... Applications: Challenges and Solutions.







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CLIMATE PROBLEM URBAN NATURE SOLUTION? KEY POINTS. • Cities tend to be overlooked as sites for nature-based climate solutions



Green cities – problems and solutions in Turkey

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Problems and Solutions of Smart Small Cities in China and Japan

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CITY SCIENCE FOR URBAN CHALLENGES

URBACT is a European exchange and learning programme promoting sustainable urban development helping cities to develop pragmatic solutions that are new and 



Rained Out: Problems and Solutions for Managing Urban

Rained Out: Problems and Solutions for. Managing Urban Stormwater Runoff. Roopika Subramanian*. The Clean Water Rule was the latest attempt by the 



Trajectory Outlier Detection: New Problems and Solutions for Smart

Detecting group of trajectory outliers (Figure 1(b) 1(c)) allows the city planners to make fair decisions regarding the taxi outliers. Taxis which deviate from