Brussels focuses on video surveillance in move towards a ‘Smart City’
03/09/2021 – The Brussels Times
Kowloon: a brief history of the most densely populated place on Earth
The Walled City of Kowloon in Hong Kong was famous for being the most densely populated place on Earth. An icon of improvised urban planning even before it was demolished.
What I learned from taking Fridays off
02/09/2021 – Fast Company
David McWilliams: Fourth industrial age has begun and will end the ‘full-time, pensionable job’
01/09/2021 – The Irish Times
Why Blockchain-Based Cloud Computing Could Be the Future of IoT
01/09/2021 – DZone
The 10 largest cities in the world: What does the future hold in store for them?
The ten most populated metropolitan areas of the world are home to 309.6 million people. What does the future hold for these extensive cities?
Piemonte: A successful Smart City Ecosystem
Piemonte (North-West Italy) hosts a successful smart city ecosystem. The region has a long history of innovation, boosting cooperation between SMEs, large companies and research organizations to share knowledge and make innovative products and services; Piemonte is the 1st Italian region in terms of private investment in R&D and the 3rd for hi-tech patents.
Towards more walkable cities
Walkable cities are those that establish policies designed to create more areas for pedestrians as a way of responding to environmental pressures and the need to live in healthier environments.
Gated communities: advantages and disadvantages for cities
It seems inevitable that social differences will also affect physical urban spaces too. We see this in a very simplified way with expressions like “rich neighborhood” and “poor neighborhood”. However, certain communities have taken the trend one step further by establishing physical barriers between groups of houses and the rest of the city.
Ville Radieuse: Why did Le Corbusier’s Radiant City fail?
If he had just stuck to designing cities, Le Corbusier would have been a frustrated urban planner without the revered status of architect that he has today. Why did such an admired architect fail so miserably as an urban planner? His project for Paris, the Radiant City, answers this question.