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In less than a week, South Africans would have cast their votes in the local government elections. Then it will be up to the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) to count the votes and compile the results. So how exactly does the process work? The Daily Vox team took a closer look.

Azania Mosaka speaks to Third Republic director Paul Berkowitz about how the tool works and why they developed it.

Lester Kiewit speaks to Richard Gevers Founder and Director at Open Cities Lab the organisation that developed the portal.

A new online tool has been released to help voters familiarise themselves with who is vying for their votes as well as under which party or independently.

Portland on List of Cities With Tree Canopy Inequity Published: 28 June 2021 WASHINGTON, DC – American Forests, the nation’s oldest national conservation organization, last week released its first nationwide tally of Tree Equity Scores (TES), which document that Black and low-income neighborhood have significantly fewer trees than wealthier, whiter communities, even in the same cities. The findings confirm a disturbing pattern of inequitable distribution of trees that has deprived commu...

What explains how often people travel to a particular place? Your intuition might suggest that distance is a key factor, but empirical evidence can help urban studies researchers answer the question more definitively. A new paper by an MIT team,

New MIT research confirms people visit places more frequently when they have to travel shorter distances to get there. The study establishes a “visitation law” and could help in urban planning.

Some Phoenix residents are pushing city leaders to do more to add trees and shade. Phoenix is partnering with the nation’s oldest conservation nonprofit to achieve what the group calls “tree equity” by 2030. The nonprofit American Forests describes tree equity as making sure all neighborhoods get the benefits trees provide. Through a memorandum of understanding with Phoenix, the group will focus on growing urban forests in heat vulnerable communities, including Councilmember Carlos Garcia...

Words by Kate Streader Cherry Bar owner James Young has been shortlisted to lead the Night-time Economy Advisory Committee. A group of experts across Melbourne’s hospitality, live music and arts industries have been nominated to form a Night-time Economy Advisory Committee which will work with City of Melbourne to reinvigorate the city after the devastation of COVID-19. Cherry Bar’s James Young, who also owns Yah Yah’s and Hotel Westwood, has been shortlisted to lead the committee, which ...

Copy Imagine having a blank canvas on which to master-plan a brand new city; drawing its roads, homes, commerces, and public spaces on a fresh slate and crafting its unique urban identity. Every urban planner has fantasized about designing a city from scratch and luckily for some, this dream is morphing into concrete opportunities.  Over the last two decades, new, master-planned cities have emerged from the ground up at an unprecedented scale, the majority of which have been created in Asia, t...