The world in 2020 is looking more turbulent and uncertain than ever. Powerful economic, demographic and technological forces are rewiring international politics. According to the World Ec...
Ongoing political uncertainty and mounting concerns of a global economic slowdown made 2019 a bumpy year. Nevertheless, continued strong investor appetite for global direct commercial rea...
On the window of a bike shop in Copenhagen, a sign reads: Your next car is a bike.
We are facing a climate emergency. More than 11,000 of the world's scientists and successive reports issued by the International Governmental Panel on Climate Change say the evidence of h...
Make no mistake: the world is in the early stages of a techno-war against city governments and urban infrastructure. And while some cities have bolstered their capabilities to patch their...
Digitization is all around us: we communicate with our family and friends via smartphones, manage our money online, and almost everyone is experiencing increasing levels of digitization i...
The Fourth Industrial Revolution heralds a new era in human development, one characterized by extraordinary technological advances coupled with unprecedented investment in how data can dr...
EnergyLab Nordhavn will be completed this year – the Danish smart energy lighthouse project that will integrate all relevant and available energy forms in the city.
Cities are the defining form of human organization in the 21st century. In 1980, just 1.7 billion people lived in cities. By 2050, the world’s urban population will swell to 6.4 billion. ...
The warning signs are increasingly hard to ignore. Sea-level rise is real, displacing thousands of people, destroying millions of acres of land and generating billions of dollars in losse...
In Quito, about 70% of the deaths are caused by non-communicable diseases like hypertension and diabetes. Obesity is a primary risk factor, and here – like just about everywhere in the wo...
Urbanization is one of this century’s most critical megatrends. Within the next minute, the global urban population will increase by 145 people. Urbanization is inevitable.
Metropolitan governments and public bodies are increasingly recognizing that the real estate industry plays a crucial role in a city’s success. It helps create a more competitive, efficie...
Venezuela´s monumental political and economic crisis is threatening to bring cities across Latin America to their knees. More than 2.3 million Venezuelans—roughly 7 percent of the country...
From the crowded markets of Dakar and Karachi to the informal settlements of Addis Ababa and Rio de Janeiro, urban technology seems to be thriving everywhere. Whether used for hitching a ...
