On November 16th and 17th, The Atlantic hosted the fourth-annual Green Intelligence Forum: Creating the Sustainable City of the Future. The forum brought together the world’s leading authorities on energy and the environment for two days of dynamic conversation on the issues at the forefront of sustainable thought. Continue reading →

AlJazeera English published a video about Abu Dhabi’ s Masdar city entitled “Abu Dhabi’ s Masdar plan: behind the scenes at the green city”. Masdar City is an emerging global clean-technology cluster what aims to be one of the world’ s most sustainable urban developments powered by renewable energy. Continue reading →

Liveability assesses which locations around the world provide the best or the worst living conditions. Assessing liveability has a broad range of uses. Liveability is increasingly used by city councils, organisations or corporate entities looking to test their locations against others to see general areas where liveability can differ. Continue reading →

Manu Fernandez has published a selection of 75 videos that vary in focus and perspective, but together compose a good database of videos that are circulating out there and deal with many of the issues urban policies face nowadays. Continue reading →

The Philips Livable Cities think tank believes that livable cities are successful cities. They have identified three important and interlinked ingredients of a livable city: resilience, inclusiveness and authenticity, and published an infographic illustrating the concept. The think tanks operating within The Philips Center for Health & Well-being. Continue reading →

Liveanomics: Urban liveability and economic growth is the second of two Economist Intelligence Unit reports, commissioned by Philips, which examine the issue of liveability in cities. The first report in the series addressed what city residents want from their cities, and how city leaders can deliver on citizens’ requirements. This second report examines the role of business within cities. Continue reading →