US has the most congested roads

US has the most congested roads. According to the 2017 Global Traffic Scorecard released by INRIX Inc., American drivers spend the most time in the road. Using big data analytics in its research, INRIX, a recognized world leader in transportation analytics and connected car services, analyzed 500 terabytes of data from 300 million different sources …

Supertrees: Paragon of sustainable technology and architecture

Utterly astounding…insanely beautiful…undeniably stunning… You would certainly miss half of the beauty that is Singapore if you’ve been to it but failed to drop by at the “Gardens by the Bay” and without getting the chance to take a glimpse of the supertrees. The “Gardens” as they call it is undeniably one of the best …

New insights into urban concentration and economic growth

Urban concentration, according to the dominant view, brings with it an array of benefits which include reductions in poverty, pollution and inequality. Apart from this, one of the most widely acclaimed one is economic agglomerations and productivity gains, which in turn, redound to faster and better national economic growth. The prevailing notion is that a …

Citymakers: The Culture and Craft of Practical Urbanism

In this rapidly changing and urbanizing world, the assumption that cities provide an ideal laboratory environment in addressing some of the most important challenges of the 21st century such as but not limited to inequality, climate change, and political participation has never been more relevant than ever before. There has never been a better time …