The International Ecocity Standards identifies environmentally friendly transport as an essential urban design feature (www.ecocitystandards.org). Specifically, non-motorized...
Category - Solutions & Challenges
Ecocity Focus Lab – Vancouver
The inaugural Ecocity Focus Lab was convened in Vancouver from November 8 to 10, 2016. This Ecocity Builders biennial event was co-hosted by the British Columbia Institute of...
Cities need to innovate to survive. Here are four ways they can do it
We are living in an ever increasingly urban world, where people continue to be drawn to cities in search of economic, social and creative opportunities. Today, 54% of the world’s...
Eco-Cities and Transferable Development Credits
This article is originally published in Reflections (issue 18/December 2016), International Eco-Cities Initiative (www.westminster.ac.uk/ecocities) Over 320 cities around...
San Francisco getting a grip on its materials and resource recycling
Last week I went on a tour of Recycle Central, San Francisco’s 200,000-square-foot recycling plant on Pier 96 run by San Francisco’s resource recovery company Recology...
The Car of the Future, Part 3: Get around. Not too fast. Mostly walk.
The previous segment of this series left off discussing how lifestyle choices, infrastructure, and a new economic thinking must work in tandem to change the overall trajectory...
New Ecocity Study Finds Urban Metabolism Approach May Contribute to Quality of Life in Informal Areas
Cairo University Professor Dr. Sahar Attia and Associate Professor Dr. Heba Allah E. Khalil have just released their most recent research (Urban Metabolism and Quality of Life in...
The breathtaking ecotecture designs of Vo Trong Nghia
Vo Trong Nghia architects of Vietnam have unveiled a newly constructed eco house project that aims to address Ho Chi Minh City’s treeless urbanism. According the the designers...
Saving our desert cities
The 20th United Nations Conference of Parties (COP) is taking place in Lima this week, with Ecocity Builders in attendance. Lima is an obvious choice to host this gathering...
A Recent History of Bike Lanes in the U.S.
As frustratingly slow as Ecocity change seems to be at times, good people are working on good projects all the time. Look no further than the streets of San Francisco at the...