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New York City looks to reinvent the public payphone
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7 Dec. 2012 — written by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has launched a challenge to reinvent the iconic public payphone. The ‘Reinvent Payphones Design Challenge’ calls on urban designers, …
Developing cities must act now to mitigate environmental risks
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29 Nov. 2012 — written by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees
Cities in developing countries face a ‘closing window of opportunity’ to future proof themselves against the risks of climate change, concludes a new study. Over 50% of the …
NYC converts old phone booths into interactive information hubs
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27 Nov. 2012 — written by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees
New York has become the first US city to introduce a network of publicly accessible interactive displays on its streets offering information such as neighbourhood news, …
The UK's top electric vehicle hotspots
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23 Nov. 2012 — written by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees
Electric vehicles could soon be common place in London’s East End, according to new research. The in-depth study by British Gas analysed the most likely types of people to …
36 behaviour change options for reducing emissions
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21 Nov. 2012 — added by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees
A study conducted by the research organisations CE Delft, Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research, and LEI Wageningen has identified 36 options for …
Asian financial and manufacturing centres most at risk from climate change
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20 Nov. 2012 — written by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees
Some of Asia’s largest financial and manufacturing centres will be most at risk to the onset of climate change according to a new report. The cities of Dhaka, Manila, …
Olympic Games watchdog issues 2012 sustainability appraisal
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16 Nov. 2012 — written by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees
A report from the Olympic’s watchdog concludes that London 2012 broadly delivered against its sustainability objectives, but highlights a number of areas where further …
IBM announces 2013 Smarter Cities Challenge Grant winners
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15 Nov. 2012 — written by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees
Belfast is one of 31 cities around the globe to receive an IBM Smarter Cities Challenge grant for 2013. Launched in 2011, the programme assigns a team of six top IBM experts …
The 100 most talked about urban trends
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8 Nov. 2012 — written by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees
The BMW Guggenheim Lab has published details of the 100 most talked-about trends, terms, and ideas in urban thinking today. The mobile laboratory, which launched in New York …
Glow-in-the-dark roads become a reality
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7 Nov. 2012 — written by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees
The Netherlands is set introduce the first ‘smart’ highway that glows in the dark and warns drivers of hazardous driving conditions. The prototype ‘smart highway’, which was …

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