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It’s been a tremendous week for Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum: at a time when the capital was taking control of one of the world’s worst Covid-1

Urban populations are exploding. If we want future cities to be more sustainable, we need to think of them as complex, dynamic systems with their own metabolism, says Anu Ramaswami

Date Time Attractive locations work like large planets Using large-​scale mobility data from diverse cities around the globe, researchers from ETH Zurich, MIT and the Santa Fe Institute discover a powerful yet surprisingly simple travel law that governs the number of visitors to any location in a city. This image visualizes the flows of individuals across the Greater Boston area. (Image: Guangyu Du / MIT Senseable City Lab) Human mobility impacts many aspects of a city, from its spatial struc...

New research published in Nature provides a powerful yet surprisingly simple way to determine the number of visitors to any location in a city.

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Explore big ideas through digital art published : 13 May 2021 at 04:00 The virtual exhibition features digital images by 20 Southeast Asian artists. Photo courtesy of juliusbaer.com A selection of outstanding digital art creations from the inaugural "Julius Baer Next Generation Art Prize" are displayed in a virtual exhibition open for public viewing until June 30. Launched late last year to promote the burgeoning art scene in Southeast Asia, the art contest receive...

The conference will focus on Africa’s digital economy, becoming one of the drivers of the region’s development.

Press Release – JLL Stellar panel of speakers to be hosted by global commercial real estate consultancy, JLL. Powered by data-driven insights, an increasing appetite to address climate change and social injustice and, as we’ve learned this year, a need for agility, our world is changing fast. And therefore so must our two biggest cities. Does New Zealand’s successful COVID response, and our ability to go about our daily business relatively unchanged, give our cities a competitive advantag...

Thursday, 1 April 2021, 3:25 pm Stellar panel of speakers to be hosted by global commercial real estate consultancy, JLL. Powered by data-driven insights, an increasing appetite to address climate change and social injustice and, as we’ve learned this year, a need for agility, our world is changing fast. And therefore so must our two biggest cities. Does New Zealand’s successful COVID response, and our ability to go about our daily business relatively unchanged, give our cities a competit...

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