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http://inhabitat.com/super-rugged-solar-roads-to-hit-four-continents-in-2017/
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Inhabitat
A subsidiary of France's Bouygues Group plans to test solar roads in Europe, North America, Asia and Africa in 2017.
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https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2020/02/15/technology-is-poised-to-upend-americas-property-market
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Economist
At long last, the world’s biggest asset market will be shaken up
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http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/01/rent-cap-legislation-in-force-berlin-germany
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The Guardian
Capital pioneers law prohibiting landlords from charging new tenants more than 10% above local average
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http://www.quantumrun.com/prediction/big-business-future-behind-self-driving-cars-future-transportation-p2
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Quantumrun
The year is 2021. You’re driving down the highway on your daily commute. You approach a car that’s stubbornly driving at the max speed limit. You decide to pass this overly law-abiding driver, except when you do, you discover there’s no one in the front seat.
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Some major cities are now implementing free public transportation, citing social and mobility equality as main motivators.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcbjWGj3jBk
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The School of Life
Very high house prices aren’t an act of God or a fact of nature. They’re the result of all sorts of policy and design mistakes – which we should try to under...
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https://www.govtech.com/analytics/Is-3-D-Visualization-Software-the-Future-of-Urban-Planning.html
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Govtech
Research from Carnegie Mellon University, together with the Pittsburgh Department of City Planning, uses virtual reality and 3-D technology to help urban designers and other stakeholders better plan cities.
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Once thought of as nothing but a fad, the e-scooter has become a popular fixture in city transportation.
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https://www.arabnews.com/node/2188706/saudi-arabia
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Arab News
The panelists at the recent event discussed the importance of adopting sustainable and smart solutions in urban planning to address the challenges of a growing population. This includes incorporating green spaces, prioritizing public transportation, and using technology for efficient city building. The development projects in Saudi Arabia are embracing these principles to create inclusive and resilient cities. Overall, there is a shift toward considering not only economic development, but also social and environmental impact in urban planning. To read more, use the button below to open the original external article.
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http://urbanspatialanalysis.com/portfolio/predicting-gentrification-using-longitudinal-census-data/
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Urban Spatial Analysis
At the intersection of data science & public policy
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https://blogs.tribune.com.pk/story/67065/is-china-making-pakistan-a-client-state-with-its-debt-book-diplomacy/
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Tribune
If things go along the current trajectory, “cooperation” with China will become much less voluntary in the near...
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Scientists are debating whether to make the Anthropocene Age an official geological unit as the effects of human civilization continue to wreak havoc on the planet.
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http://www.nature.com/news/where-to-put-the-next-billion-people-1.20669
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Nature
Richard T. T. Forman and Jianguo Wu call for global and regional approaches to urban planning.
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The remote work trend accelerated under the COVID-19 pandemic as well as by the innovations introduced by Silicon Valley tech companies.
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https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/insights/focus/industry-4-0/xaas-outcome-based-pricing.html
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Deloitte
Xaas providers are exploring the challenges and enablers of the outcome-based monetization model, as enterprise customers want to pay for outcomes of services.
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https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/04/shenzhen-electric-taxis-push/
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Techcrunch
Roads in a Chinese city have gotten much quieter in recent years. Shenzhen, widely called the Silicon Valley of hardware, has been expending resources to phase out rattling diesel vehicles chugging through the city of 12 million people. All public buses in the city went electric by the end of 2017. Taxis soon followed suit. […]
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https://backchannel.com/self-driving-cars-will-improve-our-cities-if-they-dont-ruin-them-2dc920345618
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Backchannel
If we take action, we can build a dream transportation system around self-driving cars. If we don’t, we’ll create a nightmare.
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https://www.ft.com/content/e36ba45e-f973-11e9-a354-36acbbb0d9b6
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Financial Times
Algorithmic modelling offers new blueprint for smart building creation
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The evolution of Hyperloop technology could cut travel times and boost economic development.
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http://www.grunge.com/57222/futuristic-cities-already-built/
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Grunge
These cities provide a snapshot of what our future will have in store for us.
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https://youtu.be/OcDTkczIBxg
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Latitude33
Earth 2050 - The future of transport from advanced 3D mapping to autonomous electric vehiclesBy 2050 it is estimated that there will be over 2 billion cars w...
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https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/jun/11/unbuilt-tokyo-depthscrapers-and-a-million-person-pyramid
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The Guardian
Had the creators of the underground skyscraper had their way, the Japanese capital might have looked very different indeed