Author Archives: Aleksandar Janicijevic

Google announces it will build Toronto’s neighbourhood of the future!

This will mark the biggest project tackled by Sidewalk Labs to date, according to Reuters, and the citizens of Toronto are here for it. Sidewalk Labs describes itself as a company that “imagines, designs, tests, and builds urban innovations to help cities meet their biggest challenges.” Spread the word

Posted by Aleksandar Janicijevic on June 24, 2018

International Network of Cities Where Living is Good

The Slow Cities movement promotes the use of technology oriented to improving the quality of the environment and of the urban fabric, and in addition the safe-guarding of the production of unique foods and wine that contribute to the character of the region. Spread the word

Posted by Aleksandar Janicijevic on June 17, 2018

5 Years: A Growing and Evolving Resilience Movement

5 Years: A Growing and Evolving Resilience Movement We asked our Chief Resilience Officers to reflect on the past 5 years and share their hopes for the next 5 years; we asked Mayors from Paris, Pittsburgh, Toyama, and Santa Fe to share their cities’ resilience journeys; and we asked Platform Partners Wood and EY to […]

Posted by Aleksandar Janicijevic on May 18, 2018

Asbestos Safety Resource

We recently created a guide on why asbestos abatement should be left to professionals and were wondering if you’d be interested in including it as a resource to help people understand why it’s dangerous to remove asbestos on their own. Please take a look at it and let me know what you think! https://www.asbestos.com/abatement-guide/ Spread […]

Posted by Aleksandar Janicijevic on May 2, 2018

Using software to measure the Urban Footprint

Using software to measure the Urban Footprint Peter Calthorpe and his partner Joe DiStefano have a venture-capital funded startup designed to provide municipalities, non-governmental organizations, developers, and design and planning firms with a powerful cloud-based software tool for planning walkable, transit-served communities. Spread the word

Posted by Aleksandar Janicijevic on April 27, 2018

Green economy and related concepts: An overview

Journal of Cleaner Production Green economy and related concepts: An overview Eleonore Loiseaua, Laura Saikkub, Riina Antikainen, Nils Drostec, Bernd Hansjürgens, Kati Pitkänen, Pekka Leskinen, Peter Kuikmand, Marianne Thomsene Abstract For the last ten years, the notion of a green economy has become increasingly attractive to policy makers. However, green economy covers a lot of […]

Posted by Aleksandar Janicijevic on March 24, 2018

Look what your backyard can do in terms of carbon sequestration

By Kendra Pierre-Louis March 6, 2018 As the verdant hills of Wakanda are secretly enriched with the fictional metal vibranium in “Black Panther,” your average backyard also has hidden superpowers: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/06/climate/yard-garden-global-warming.html Spread the word

Posted by Aleksandar Janicijevic on March 11, 2018

Sustainability and Resilience in the Urban Environment

Theis, T. L., M. Zellner, AND H. CABEZAS. Sustainability and Resilience in the Urban Environment. Presented at U.S.-Japan Workshop on Life-Cycle Assessment of Sustainable Infrastructure Materials, Hokkaido Univ, Sapporo, JAPAN, October 21 – 22, 2009. Urban systems are formed by a diversity of actors and activities, and consist of complex interactions involving financial, information, energy, […]

Posted by Aleksandar Janicijevic on March 8, 2018