resilience

Ladd Keith, PhD, assistant professor of planning at the University of Arizona, and co-author of a new guide on urban heat resilience, explains why this is the time for cities and governments to take serious action to mitigate and adapt to the rise in urban heat.   Heat increase is one of the most visible […]

Companies in the Transit Tech Lab competition will test solutions over an eight-week period with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and NJ Transit.   Transit Tech Lab is committed to providing tools to restore riders’ confidence Transit Tech Lab has named the 10 finalists for its Covid-19 Recovery […]

Matosinhos and the Province of Potenza have been recognised by the UN-led coalition Making Cities Resilient 2030 for pioneering strategies to reduce the impact of disasters including fires and earthquakes.   Province of Potenza in Italy, named a European resilience Hub Matosinhos in Portugal and the Province of Potenza in Italy have been named as […]

The collaboration brings together Itron’s energy management solutions and Microsoft’s cloud computing offerings to help cities and utilities reach their goals in areas such as grid resilience and decarbonisation.   The collaboration aims to help cities use the cloud to address critical challenges Itron is expanding its collaboration with Microsoft in a bid to help […]

UrbanFootprint has raised $25m in backing to expand its urban intelligence platform that enables cities to make more informed decisions on critical infrastructure investments.   UrbanFootprint’s data will help prioritise investment for critical infrastructure UrbanFootprint, the US-based urban intelligence platform, has raised a $25m series B funding to accelerate the delivery of climate and community […]

Systems aim to mitigate the effects of climate change and are linked to a smart water management hub which uses predictive weather technology to reduce the likelihood of localised flood risk ahead of storm events.   Systems link to a smart water hub which uses predictive weather technology Smart grey water systems at two new-build Glasgow nurseries […]

The Savills 2022 Impacts programme examined 500 cities using metrics around economic strength, knowledge economy and technology, environmental and social governance, and real estate investment   New York City tops the 2022 Resilient Cities Index New York, London, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Tokyo rank as the world’s top five cities in the 2022 Resilient […]

The Swedish city has been recognised for its proactive efforts to prepare for and mitigate climate-related hazards and joins the other hubs of Barcelona, Helsingborg, Manchester and Milan.   Malmö is working on a coastal protection strategy, expected to be finalised next year Malmö is the latest European city to be named as a Resilience […]

The park area aims to deliver a community connection in a dense urban setting with a third of the area planted with 6,000-plus shrubs, perennials, climbers and trees, significant to indigenous culture, food, and medicine.   Part of the play area of the new park in downtown Vancouver The City of Vancouver has opened what […]

Steve Turner, director of the UK Cities Climate Investment Commission (CCIC), explains how the commission is seeking to close the funding gap in the UK to enable crucial green projects to go ahead, and considers the ways the commission’s model could be scaled internationally.   The UK CICC wants to use innovative new approaches for […]