Sustainable Cities
Building green, livable cities that last
The new Springer book series called "Urban Computing" is a joint initiative with the Brazilian Computer Society (SBC). This series addresses issues and new developments in urban environments such as: city life improvement through Mobile Services and Big Data, crowdsourced data acquisition in urban environments, cyber-physical systems, e-Health and m-Health, e-Government, green computing in urban environments and human mobility.
Sustainable Cities, Global Health, Climate Change, Digitally Transformed World, Food-Energy-Water Nexus
Peter Newman on Sustainable Earth, Part 1
Prof. Peter Newman, the Editor-in-Chief of BMC’s new journal Sustainable Earth, talks about his motivation for sustainability and the need for a new journal in part 1 of this interview. Special thanks to Linda Blagg at Curtin University for the filming and recording of the interview.
Urban Green Spaces Could Reduce Crime
A new study finds that cleaning up and restoring derelict lots could lead to a decrease in city gun violence
Building Sustainable Cities of the Future
If designed using systems thinking, a sustainable city can be more than the sum of its parts.
Better Policy for Cutting Urban CO2 emissions
Energy-conservation mandates cut CO2 emissions much more than cities' compact-growth policies.
A New Tool to Assess Urban Climate Policies
Cities are both major contributors and casualties of climate change. A new book establishes a framework for analyzing policies to help cities lead the way in responding to the crisis.
Bioinspired ecocities
China has embarked on a major program to build green, low-carbon and livable cities whose design is modeled on the function of the human body.