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The Urbanist - The green city

9 October 2014

The green city: we look at the lofty ideals of carbon-neutral metropolises and the practicality of the matter. Sure, you’ve planted trees but can you afford the maintenance?

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Cities

15 August 2019

Victoria’s mayor talks unpopular policies, Ghent transforms its cycling culture and Helsinki goes green.

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Cities

25 February 2021

Los Angeles transforms its river, Helsinki goes deep for its heating and Prague’s tram lines go green.

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Cities

17 October 2019

A mooted LA-to-Vegas rail route, Sydney’s green fringes get protection and the Big Apple’s bike rethink.

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Construction is one of the most environmentally damaging industries and, it insists, there will be no greenwashing. In the Danish capital, one developer is trying to lead from the front – and swell its coffers in the pro…

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The Urbanist - Floriade – growing green cities

19 May 2022

We report from the international horticultural show that takes place in the Netherlands every 10 years. Once it wraps up, the 60-hectare site will be adapted to become a fully functioning new part of the city of Almere.

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Copenhagen: design city

17 June 2008

There are many reasons why Copenhagen trumped the other cities in our quality of life survey. One of them is its undeniably seamless urban planning, paving the way for the mobility, and ultimately, the happiness of its…

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Green rooms

12 April 2017

Although rather unremarkable at first glance, the small pitch-roofed former park-keeper’s houses that pepper Vancouver’s public spaces are among some of the most quietly recognisable features of the city’s park system.…

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Cities

15 November 2018

Oslo’s governing mayor on how to green a city, a Mexican city gets a rebrand, car-sharing in Slovenia and Berlin’s rooftops are blooming.

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Super sheds

19 June 2014

Creative enterprises and unique collaborations are flourishing in Auckland thanks to the dramatic renovation of a collection of 1960s city-council workshops.

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Green shoots

7 December 2015

Hong Kong kicks off its half of a bi-city architecture biennale this week, held in collaboration with the Chinese city of Shenzhen. The three-month event aims to showcase a vision of Hong Kong in 2050. Yet it will also be…

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Movin' on up

16 June 2023

The Mexican capital’s irrepressible dance scene is being further fired by a new wave of diverse openings.

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Urbanism

17 March 2016

A new lease of life in Lisbon's neighbourhood of Marvila and Beirut's lack of green space.

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Clean and green

23 April 2016

The Don Valley, which traces the Don River on the western edge of Toronto into Lake Ontario, has been a casualty of the city’s industrialisation. For most of the 20th century, factories have been pumping their toxic waste…

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Green room

20 June 2019

The co-founder and publisher of Vienna’s foremost news and reviews magazine likes to dodge the crowds in the city’s public parks.

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Growing green

3 March 2016

Responding to the decimation of green space in his hometown of Ho Chi Minh City, architect Vo Trong Nghia is known for creating sustainable architecture with bamboo. This week Vo kicked off the 2016 Asia Pacific Architec…