Built Environment and Infrastructure
The top 5 urban transformation stories of 2025
From innovation ecosystems to managing sinking cities, 2025 has been another year of transformation across the world's urban areas.
Vivian Brady-Phillips
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Built Environment and Infrastructure
Sinking cities, the world's best cities – and other urban transformation stories to read
Top stories: Urgent action needed on sinking cities; London tops the World's Best Cities list; Spain's high-speed train to accelerate link between cities.
Urban Transformation
How to build an innovation hub that drives growth – and other urban transformation stories to read
New Centre playbook highlights proven strategies for innovation ecosystems; Urban Transformation Summit 2025 spotlights city wins and cross-sector collaboration; debunking myths about 24-...
Urban Transformation
信頼に基づく連携～都市がゼロからイノベーションを生み出す方法～
革新的な都市の発展には、技術革新や効率性、財政的な実現可能性、投資に対する適正なリターンなど、多くの要素が関係しています。 ただし、真に包摂的な変革をもたらすイノベーションは、パブリックセクター、企業、地域社会の全ステークホルダーが、何を建設すべきか、それがなぜ重要なのか、誰のためになるのかを共に考え、合意形成を図ることから始まります。
Urban Transformation
Collaboration for trust – How cities build innovation from the ground up
Three award-winning cities, three challenges and three collaborations show what’s possible when innovation is rooted in shared purpose via partnership.
Urban Transformation
WHO pushes for climate-resilient cities – and other urban transformation stories to read this month
Top stories: Cities must rethink health preparedness for climate era, warns WHO; Delhi finalizes futuristic drainage plan to tackle flooding; COP30 accommodation crisis.
Urban Transformation
The most affordable housing markets – and other urban transformation stories to read this month
Top stories: Affordable housing markets amid a growing crisis; Berlin appeals to tourists looking for cooler climes; Geneva's free public transport.
Urban Transformation
The future of sustainable tourism – and other urban transformation stories to read this month
Top urban transformation stories this month: Sustainable growth for tourism sector; India's climate infrastructure challenge; China pledges to build sustainable cities.
Urban Transformation
イタリアの都市でデータセンターを暖房に利用、その他アーバントランスフォーメーションの最新動向
イタリアの公益企業が、ブレシア市に画期的なデータセンターを開設しました。このデータセンターは、コンピュータサーバーから発生する廃熱を回収し、市の地域暖房ネットワークに直接供給します。フランス企業との提携で開発されたこの革新的なプロジェクトは、液体冷却技術を用いたデータセンターからの熱を回収する、イタリア初の実用例の一つです。
Urban Transformation
Data centre to warm homes in Italian city – and other urban transformation stories to read this month
Top stories: Data centre to warm homes in Brescia, Italy; German cities appealing to new residents; and the US cities under a 'heat dome'.
Urban Transformation
Iberian Peninsula blackout – and other urban transformation stories to read this month
Top city and urban transformation stories: Investigations into Iberian Peninsula blackout; EV sales up almost 30%; Airport expansion in Singapore, Casablanca.
Urban Transformation
Asia's megacities at a crossroads – and other urban transformation stories to read this month
Top city and urbanization stories: How Asia's megacities can build resilience; San Francisco innovators awarded; Why EVs don't always reduce CO2 emissions.
Urban Transformation
Las ciudades se enfrentan a un 'látigo climático' y otras noticias sobre transformación urbana
También en este resumen: solo una quinta parte de las ciudades cumplen con los estándares de calidad del aire; y los precios de los terrenos suben en Japón.
Urban Transformation
Cities face 'climate whiplash' – and other urban transformation stories to read this month
Read our monthly round-up of top city and urbanization stories. Cities face climate whiplash, with floods and droughts putting urban systems at risk; and more
Urban Transformation
Rebuilding Los Angeles, and other urban transformation stories to read this month
Top city and urbanization stories: Los Angeles turns to rebuilding; Thailand-China high-speed railway delay; UAE maps air taxi routes.