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Urban development leads to fewer shaded areas and more heat-absorbing paved surfaces. Cities tend to be warmer than their rural surroundings as a result, a […]

For over 20 years, we have been told that smart city technologies will make our cities more efficient, sustainable, and convenient. We have been told […]

For over 20 years, we have been told that smart city technologies will make our cities more efficient, sustainable, and convenient. We have been told […]

For over 20 years, we have been told that smart city technologies will make our cities more efficient, sustainable, and convenient. We have been told […]

Fuel efficiency, according to Statista, trumps design, quality and even safety as the most important factor we look for when shopping for a new car. […]

Some of Britain’s city centres are filled with trees and parks, while others have little vegetation to break up the bricks, tarmac and concrete. Such […]

Drones are already shaping the face of our cities – used for building planning, heritage, construction and safety enhancement. But, as studies by the UK’s Department […]

Visual Capitalist have taken data from a recent report by Comparitech to visualise the most surveilled cities in the world:   Excluding China, the top […]

For such a small place, there are some BIG ideas happening in Belfast. People are driving forward change, using innovative solutions, freely sharing knowledge, ideas […]

This infographic shows the rise of electricity from wind and solar which, taken together, generate over a tenth of the world’s electricity and are now […]

Question: what do the following statistics have in common? The second-largest (and growing) source of climate pollution in Europe. The leading killer of children in both the […]

As reflected in this recent infographic from Visual Capitalist, flying domestically and driving alone are the most carbon-intensive travel methods and taking a train instead […]