How to finance energy efficiency through retrofitting cities
New financial institutions and instruments have made it easy for large building owners to retrofit their properties
New financial institutions and instruments have made it easy for large building owners to retrofit their properties
Sceptical of the narrative that cities have wholeheartedly embraced urban gardening, Matt DelSesto spies a connection between city crackdowns on urban gardens and police crackdowns in poor communities.
Sebastian Schulz describes how decentralisation without fiscal powers is encouraging districts to undermine the master plan and overdevelop their territories.
The energy input per person-kilometre is actually lower when riding a bike than when walking. While the motor car is of utmost inefficiency, the bicycle has surpassed human evolution.
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The Global Urbanist is an online magazine reviewing urban affairs and urban development issues in cities throughout the developed and developing world.
Its readers are drawn from the urban policy and international development sectors, and include urban planners, officers in local, national or international government agencies, civil society leaders, and researchers.