Urban Planning News
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5 ways green buildings are good for your healthAt the 2018 International Green Building Conference, experts spoke about the changing face of the workplace and how human health and wellness are driving innovation in construction and building management. -
Singapore puts health at the heart of green buildingsOn the final day of this year's International Green Building Conference, Singapore's Building and Construction Authority unveils new strategies that put occupants at the center of green building design and operations.
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Asia's appetite for meat spells 'environmental destruction'—are there better ways to produce food?Food & Agriculture
Asia's appetite for meat spells 'environmental destruction'—are there better ways to produce food?
If the region continues to eat meat and seafood at current rates, by 2050 the equivalent of an additional 95 million cars will be on the road and a land area size of India will be used, according to a new report. Is there a better way to tackle Asia's protein crunch? -
'Social business cities' could ease urban growing pains, Nobel laureate saysCities are under pressure to bring their infrastructure up to speed.
Urban Planning Opinion
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Building sea walls is a small bandaid on a gaping wound– Seawalls cannot make up for a lack of sensible coastal management and adaptation planning in Australia's coastal cities, writes Australian National University's Tayanah O'Donnell. -
Living with water: Embracing cultural adaptions to floods– As floods in cities become more frequent, urban designers can purposefully design landscapes to withstand flooding while maintaining a community connection to water, say Sasaki's Mary Anne Ocampo and Tao Zhang. -
Hurricanes to shake up ballot box– The storm that smashed into the southeastern United States last week was another reminder that the window to counter the effects of climate change is closing. With extreme weather becoming more frequent, will US and international leaders be held accountable for their failure to cut carbon emissions?
Videos
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Wanted: Million-dollar solutions for better cities– Launched last week, The Liveability Challenge is looking for projects offering new and innovative solutions to solve problems of waste and cooling.
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Will technology steer us to a better future?– At the recent Technology + Sustainability: The Road to Smart Cities event, Singapore's public and private sector leaders gathered for a crystal-ball gazing session to answer one key question: Will technology deliver a better future for Singapore, and the world? And if so, how do we get there?
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In pictures: Confronting climate change– Airing on Sunday March 5 at 8pm, a new ChannelNews Asia documentary features Eco-Business editor Jessica Cheam on a journey from India to Copenhagen to glean lessons on what Singapore can do to overcome one of its most pressing challenges.
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More land, less sand: Singapore's latest reclamation project– The new development - to be used for military exercises - will reclaim land using less sand, and introduces the city-state’s first sub-sea level polder.
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