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9 Best Articles in 2021
a16z
It's time to builda16z
7 min read · 2020-04-18 · Every Western institution was unprepared for the coronavirus pandemic, despite many prior warnings. This monumental failure of institutional effectiveness will reverberate for the rest of the decade,…
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MIT Technology Review
You’ll want to keep an eye on these 10 breakthrough technologies this yearMIT Technology Review
~17 min read · From 2018 ·  Science and technology change rapidly. The MIT Technology Review has identified “10 breakthrough technologies” in the fields of biology, computer science and engineering, among others. This exciting summary of recent technological advances stimulates the mind and demonstrates how far technology has come and how far it plans to go. These advances include artificial life and computers with an imagination. getAbstract recommends this article to the many inspired and curious technology fans out there. 
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The New York Times
I’ve Seen a Future Without Cars, and It’s AmazingThe New York Times
~16 min read · 2020-07-09 · Why do American cities waste so much space on cars?
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BBC Future
How cities will fossiliseBBC Future
~12 min read · May 6th · The grand metropolises of 21st Century civilisation will leave a geological legacy that will last for millennia, but some things will endure far longer than others.
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In fact, it’s likely that landfill, rather than the remains of cities themselves, will tell the most richly-detailed stories.
Of course, there may be no-one to find or make sense of what is left of our cities.
According to a recent study in the journal Nature, there is now a greater mass of buildings and infrastructure on the planet (1,100 Gigatonnes) than trees and shrubs (900 Gigatonnes).
OneZero
Death of a Smart CityOneZero
20+ min read · 2020-08-12 · Alphabet bet big in Toronto. Toronto didn’t play along.
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WIRED
A Global Smart-City Competition Highlights China’s Rise in AIWIRED
2 min read · Jul 3rd · Chinese entrants swept all five categories, featuring technologies to improve civic life. But the advances could also be tools for surveillance.
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In the first years, teams representing American companies or universities took top spots in the competition. Last year, Chinese companies won three out of four competitions.
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London’s New Artificial Trees Guzzle As Much Pollution As 275 Regular Treessecretldn.com
1 min read · 2020-01-11 · Leytonstone has some excellent new arrivals, a pair of City Trees that eat pollution, produce oxygen, and clean up the capital's filthy air.
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Fast Company
How we can redesign cities to fight future pandemicsFast Company
6 min read · 2020-03-24 · “Buildings have to be the secret weapon in the future to combat infectious diseases.”
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Visual Capitalist
Ranked: The World’s Fastest Growing CitiesVisual Capitalist
~14 min read · Aug 13th · By 2025, the world’s population will reach over 8.1 billion people. Most of that population growth will be concentrated in cities across Africa and Asia. To help paint a detailed picture, this map
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The majority of the world’s fastest growing cities are located in Africa—in fact, 17 of the 20 are located on the continent, with four of the 20 cities being located in Nigeria specifically.
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Helsinki and Amsterdam invite motorists to ‘code the streets’
Cities Today
Three key issues to tackle before smart cities become a reality
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‘Mobility Justice’: How cities are rethinking public transportation after COVID
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The smart city comes of age
Axios
Which Towns Are Worth Saving?
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Where the Suburbs EndThe New York Times
~19 min read · Oct 8th · A single-family home from the 1950s is now a rental complex and a vision of California’s future.
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Guardian Travel
Europe’s best walking cities: Seven wonders of the wandering worldGuardian Travel
8 min read · Oct 7th · From atmospheric Berlin to Joyce’s Trieste, via Marseille’s markets and a wellbeing walk in Copenhagen, city strolls reward the curious rambler
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Guardian Environment
10 great city projects for nature – from vertical forests to a ‘gangsta garden’Guardian Environment
7 min read · Oct 1st · Around the world, architects, activists and communities are finding ways to bring wildlife into urban areas
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Treehugger.com
Barcelona Offers Free Transit to Residents Who Ditch Their CarsTreehugger.com
3 min read · Oct 12th · In Barcelona, citizens who choose to get rid of an older and less efficient car receive a free transit travel pass that’s valid for three years.
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The New York Times
As Bikers Throng the Streets, ‘It’s Like Paris Is in Anarchy’The New York Times
6 min read · Oct 2nd · An ecologically minded experiment to make Paris a cycling capital of Europe has led to a million people now pedaling daily — and to rising tensions with pedestrians.
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World Economic Forum
We must build smart villages and towns, not just smart citiesWorld Economic Forum
4 min read · Oct 11th · Connectivity allowed people to learn, socialize and work from home during COVID. But for 3.6 billion people without internet access, all of that was impossible.
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grist
‘Mobility Justice’: How cities are rethinking public transportation after COVIDgrist
6 min read · Oct 19th · During the pandemic, commuter trains ran nearly empty while buses shuttled essential workers. Now, cities are reevaluating where they spent their transit dollars.
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Fast Company
The case for building cities undergroundFast Company
5 min read · Oct 12th · The architecture of subtraction may be one of the greenest ways to build.
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Cointelegraph
Successful smart cities will be impossible without decentralized techsCointelegraph
6 min read · Oct 10th · Smart cities are being planned and implemented around the world already, but what is needed to drive public endorsement of smart cities?
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Crunchbase News
Why Smart-City Tech Startups Are A Smart InvestmentCrunchbase News
3 min read · Sep 30th · Email Facebook Twitter
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