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Published: 24 October 2015

Top Ten Urban Innovations

10 of the best urban innovations that are having a positive effect on quality of life and economic development.

10 of the best urban innovations that are having a positive effect on quality of life and economic development.

Humanity faces the mammoth task of adding over 2 billion people to the urban population before 2050. This is the equivalent of creating a city the size of London or San Francisco every month for the next two decades. In order to house, feed and employ these people, cities will have to do more with less; they’ll have to be smarter, greener and more efficient. They will have to innovate.

The Global Agenda Council on the Future of Cities, has compiled a list of 10 of the best urban innovations from around the globe that are already having a positive effect on quality of life and economic development.

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