City governments face critical challenges as more and more people move into urban areas, including rising housing costs, traffic congestion and waste generation. For fast-growing cities, ...
In 2007, China became the world’s biggest producer of carbon dioxide, pushing the United States back to second place. During the same year, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated t...
Temperatures and sea levels are rising. These trends should be of particular interest to cities, where dense populations, darker surfaces, and reduced green space lead to higher temperatu...
Improving sustainability is one of the core promises of the smart city revolution. Cities and vendors alike have heralded optimization as an environmental panacea: by using data to make e...
