Dubai plans world’s largest net-zero carbon urban tech district
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Dubai - Dubai is set to build the world’s largest net-zero
carbon urban tech district. Home to entrepreneurs, the
140,000-square-metre district will seek to establish Dubai as
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New degree teaches students to tackle urban challenges
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Calgary - The University of Calgary is tackling urban
challenges with a Bachelor of Design in City Innovation. The new
course will welcome its first students in
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AI-assisted tools herald cities of the future
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London - A new wave of AI design tools is posing questions for
urban planners and architects about the future of cities.
Completely automated design is still
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Egypt’s New Administrative Capital integrates smart transport
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Egypt’s New Administrative Capital has awarded a tender to
implement smart transportation and traffic systems across the city.
It was won by technology specialists Giza Systems, who
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World’s first hydrogen train network goes live
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Bremervörde - Lower Saxony has launched the world’s first
network of hydrogen-powered passenger trains. The trains will
gradually replace diesel locomotives on the track. A total of
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New institute helps future-proof cities
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Sydney - The University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney) in
Australia has launched a Cities Institute to solve some of the
biggest challenges facing the world's
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AI map improves urban planning in Zambia
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Lusaka - In 2021, Ordnance Survey supported the creation of an
automated, digital base map of Lusaka, Zambia. A year later, the
AI-based map is helping the
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EPFL students research heat islands in cities
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Lausanne - Heat islands will become a major problem in densely
populated cities by 2050, a study by two students at the Federal
Institute of Technology Lausanne
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Vertical urban mobility supports sustainable development
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Copenhagen - The concept of Vertical Urban Mobility could
offer solutions to support cities as the number of urban dwellers
increases. It presents efficiencies of scale, increased
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Repurposing gives sustainable boost to city centres
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Guildford - Traditional city centres across the UK are
changing as high street shops collapse due to the tighter economic
landscape. However, reimagining existing spaces, revitalising
commercial assets
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Switzerland and Japan open architecture project
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Tokoname/Zurich - The Gramazio Kohler research group from the
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich is placing the
future of timber construction in the age of
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Saudi Arabia unveils visuals of 170-kilometer skyscraper
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Tabuk - The government of Saudi Arabia has revealed visuals of
The Line, a 170-kilometer-long layered city that will rise to 500
meters near the Red Sea.
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Ho Chi Minh City and Rotterdam strengthen partnership
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Rotterdam/Ho Chi Minh City - Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam and
Rotterdam in the Netherlands are strengthening their partnership
for sustainable urban development, port development and
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Austin becomes first city to adopt SITES sustainability rating system
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Austin - The City of Austin in the U.S. state of Texas is
seeking to improve its resilience and community health with
landscape development in parks and
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Berlin’s derelict airport becomes sustainable neighbourhood
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Berlin - The derelict Tegel Airport in Berlin is undergoing
transformation to become a futuristic sustainable neighbourhood
known as the Schumacher Quartier. The project seeks to
address
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Electric flight ecosystem advances urban mobility
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London - A British consortium is building the world's first
advanced electric flight ecosystem. It will investigate the
commercial viability of so-called Advanced Air Mobility, aiming to
pave
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Ancient mud could be the future of construction
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London - In the search for more sustainable buildings,
architects are returning to the ancient material of mud. The
construction material can keep buildings both cool and
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Swarms of drones measure traffic
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Lausanne - Researchers from the Federal Institute of
Technology Lausanne are using drones to collect traffic data, as
well as algorithms to identify sources of traffic jams
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Zurich commits to the circular economy
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Zurich - Zurich has become the first Swiss city to sign up to
the Circular Cities Declaration. In so doing, the city has
committed to upholding the
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Cities of the future may be built using algae
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Boulder - Cement production accounts for seven per cent of
global greenhouse gas emissions. However, construction could be
made carbon-neutral thanks to a discovery by CU Boulder
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