Megacities: Five of the World’s ‘Biggest’ Cities
As the world urbanises and our lifestyles evolve, cities are getting bigger. And we're not just talking about population sizes. As This Big City kicks off a fortnight of themed posts on Megacities and...
View ArticleMicrocities: Five of the World’s ‘Smallest’ Cities
For the first time ever, the majority of the world's population live in cities. And though Asian megacities get plenty of coverage, what makes a city varies wildly. So rather than thinking BIG, here's...
View ArticleMegacities: Eight Ideas from #citytalk for Developing Future Cities
Last week we hosted another #citytalk tweetchat with the New Cities Foundation on the topic of Future Cities. With the world urbanising, current cities are growing and many new cities are being built....
View ArticleMicrocities: The Rise of the Mini Home and the Walkable Neighbourhood
Real estate trends, urban planning theorists, and architects in North America are coming to the realization that more and more young people - Generation Y - and even their soon-to-be-empty nest...
View ArticleMegacities: Getting Creative with Urban Megadata
The promise is great. If we can interpret and apply the information our cities are generating in an intelligent way, we could solve many issues – such as how to cut waste in our food supply chains,...
View ArticleMicrocities: Introducing the Modular, Foldable Electric Car
In partnership with Denokinn, an investment group, MIT is piloting a new ‘urban transport system’ in Spain, featuring small electric cars that can adapt to a city’s fast-changing environment.
View ArticleMegacities: Three Ways to Fix US Suburbs from the Inside Out
The US suburbs might be unsustainable, but changing the living arrangements of tens of millions of Americans isn’t as easy as simply changing their tastes in geography. Here’s three problems and three...
View ArticleEngaging Local Communities in Megacities and Microcities
Greek philosopher Plato thought the ideal polis had 5,000 inhabitants. A city that size is way too small in our times, but that cap on population had a reason: it allowed for participation, so that...
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