Thrivingreen

06/13/2015

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/middleeast/11105676/The-worlds-20-oldest-cities.html?frame=2775782

These are the world's oldest continously inhabited places - although not all of them are currently welcoming visitors

05/13/2015

http://bettercities.net/article/ten-urban-planners-history-20402

Now we take a break from contemporary livability and smart growth to look at a list of urban planners throughout history.

04/06/2013

Way to go!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22027211

Paris city council launches a pilot project that, if successful, will see sheep replacing lawnmowers in the French capital's public spaces.

04/06/2013

http://www.petapixel.com/2013/04/05/eye-popping-photographs-of-hong-kong-high-rise-apartment-buildings/

With a population of over 7 million people packed into an area of 426 square miles, Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated places in the world.

01/12/2013

http://www.imeche.org/news/archives/13-01-10/New_report_as_much_as_2_billion_tonnes_of_all_food_produced_ends_up_as_waste.aspx

Institution of Mechanical Engineers calls on urgent action to prevent 50% of all food produced in the world ending up as waste

01/04/2013

http://www.ted.com/talks/ernesto_sirolli_want_to_help_someone_shut_up_and_listen.html

TED Talks When most well-intentioned aid workers hear of a problem they think they can fix, they go to work. This, Ernesto Sirolli suggests, is naïve. In this funny and impassioned talk, he proposes that the first step is to listen to the people you're trying to help, and tap into their own entrepre...

12/14/2012

http://thecityfix.com/blog/pedestranged/

This graphic narrative depicts the plight of a walker through the perspective of a person who has been a pedestrian for years in a typical Indian metropolis. The story depicts his daily struggle to move around in the city on foot, throwing light on some glaring issues of urban pedestrian accessibili...

08/09/2012

Urban/ Land Forms - Aerial views

04/10/2012