Urban Planning News
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Bali’s new highway project bring concerns about agriculture and conservation areasEnvironmental advocates say the project will obstruct water flows to dozens of irrigation sites across the island’s west. -
‘Green infrastructure’ shift for sustainable citiesUrban development project aims to reduce cities’ ecological footprint.
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Three times more city dwellers face dangerous heat, humidityBy 2016, at least 1.7 billion were exposed to multiple days during which temperatures and humidity rose to levels at which even very healthy people found it debilitating to work outdoors, finds a new study of more than 13,000 cities. -
Climate action must happen 'for our people, not to them', cities sayA shift to a greener economy should bring social benefits, especially for the poorest, or 'the politics will end up against us'.
Urban Planning Opinion
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Are cities finished?– Far from rendering cities obsolete, the pandemic has unlocked an ever-broader potential for renaissance – what the economist Joseph Schumpeter famously called 'creative destruction' on an urban scale. -
Will the tropics eventually become uninhabitable?– Absolute temperatures are expected to rise more slowly in the tropics than in higher latitudes and polar regions, but the combination of heat and rising humidity will make life more challenging. -
The Covid city– The Covid-19 pandemic has fallen hardest not just on cities but on poorer, overcrowded neighborhoods. Could the pandemic lead to a more advanced and inclusive form of urbanism?
Videos
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How can Singapore kick its plastic bag habit?– Singapore gets through 2 million plastic bags a day. Why do Singaporeans use so many bags, and what will it take to reduce consumption?
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From flying taxis to e-jeepneys: transport in Southeast Asia is going electric– In gridlocked, smoggy Southeast Asian cities, change is afoot to electrify transport and clear some of the world's most polluted skies. This video documents the pockets of hope for e-mobility around the most climate-vulnerable region.
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Manila’s informal settlers face relocation to give way to massive bay clean up– The Philippine government has begun the process of relocating more than 200,000 families living along waterways to restore Manila Bay, the main body of water in the capital.
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Why emerging Asia is the hub of climate-smart urban development– About four out of every five people impacted by sea-level rise by 2050 will live in East or Southeast Asia, creating an urgent need climate-smart solutions for cities. This year’s Innovate4Climate summit will look at the climate-smart solutions the region needs.
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