Neighborhood Branding: Adams Morgan – Eat, Shop, Play & Live

The “Now and Then” historic books series describes Adams Morgan (Washington DC) as a study in contradiction. This neighborhood was Continue reading →

The price tag of sprawled urban development: 1 Trillion USD

Urban economists and planers have a certain obsession with compact urban development. Although not achieving a universal consensus, it is Continue reading →

Inspiring talks 3: the rise of the sharing economy

A couple of weeks ago I managed to free some time at work and logged into one of the Transforming Transportation Continue reading →

Declining cities (II): neighborhood dynamics

On a previous post on urban decline I explored the increasing trend of declining cities in Europe and Central Asian Continue reading →

Declining cities (I): an increasing trend?

In most developing countries the main urban development challenges are rapid urban growth, mushrooming informal settlements and expanding infrastructure to Continue reading →

Four steps to make a city walkable

The other day as I was walking around my neighborhood, I ran into Kramerbooks – one of my favorite book Continue reading →

Urban Nudges II: Using social norms to reduce energy consumption

In Europe and Central Asia, the region in which I currently work, residential energy consumption is one of the main Continue reading →

Crowdsourcing Solutions for Urban Development II: MI MEDELLIN

  Crowdsourcing can be used to obtain services, ideas, funds or content by soliciting contributions (generally on a voluntary basis Continue reading →