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In the future, most of us will live in cities and urban life will have a huge impact on the world. But today’s urban life still relies on a dwindling petroleum supply and out-dated concepts.

We need new designs and technologies for tomorrow’s urban life. Nature can be brought back to the city via urban agriculture or eco-friendly architecture. Future cities must be open to everyone.

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News Open Curbs: The Open Data Platform Mapping Our Cities for Safer, Greener, More Democratic Roadsides

Written by Keno Röller-Siedenburg, 10-03-2020

Scooters, taxis, delivery vans, pedestrians and cyclists all compete for space at the sides of the road. As the pressure on our curbsides grows, US company Coord is using the power of machine learning to create an open source map of this contested area - to improve mobility, efficiency and quality of life for all. Read on

News Beirut's Free Pick-Up App Matches Environmentally-Conscious Residents With Local Recycling Services

Written by Katie Cashman, 13-02-2020

Live Love Recycle is a grassroots organisation providing an ultra-convenient, free, on-demand recycling service to the city of Beirut - and employment opportunities to hundreds of its residents. Read on

News WeCount: The Traffic Sensors Empowering Citizens to Improve Urban Air Quality

Written by Mark Newton, 22-01-2020

Armed with simple sensors and open source data, a pioneering new EU-backed project hopes to help NGOs, governments and local citizens make urban areas healthier and safer places to live. Read on

Video Exploding Megacities

Video Bee Keeping in the City on Your Balcony

Video Urban Biodiversity

Chart Transport in Cities

Chart China's high-speed rail vision

Chart How Tiny Pollutants Affect the Health of Hong Kong Citizens

Wissen Urban Gardening – Transforming Our Cities From Grey to Green

From occasional hobby gardener to a global movement: the growth of urban gardening is seeing flowers planted and the humble carrot harvested in the strangest spots all over the cities of this world, from urban wastelands to rooftops, walls and grass verges. With each new plot of land, a little bit of nature is being returned to the city. Read on

Organisation Indian Institute for Human Settlements

The Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS) is a national education institution committed to the equitable, sustainable and efficient transformation of Indian settlements. Mission Read on

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Act now How To: Start Your Own Urban or Community Garden

From Berlin to Bangalore, backyard-deprived urban dwellers are using every spare inch of space to grow gardens on terraces and rooftops while others are pooling talents and resources to set up and manage community gardens.

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Act now Car Sharing and Bike Riding in China

An alternative solution to the congested roads in China: car sharing. Over the last few years, "car sharing" become more and more popular among the Chinese. Their reasons are simple: to save on travelling and fuel costs.

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