Urbanism and Sustainability
Leah Hamilton
Freelance writer and editor
Urbanism and Sustainability
Berlin has large amounts of green space, including parks, botanic gardens, forests, and street trees. Many of these street trees have a small section around them-tree pits-filled with dirt or bark. These tree pits are important for maintaining the health of the trees, as they provide soil structure, aeration, nutrient supply, water supply, and space...
In this paper, we'll review what ESG is, why demand is rising and what some of the problems are for this type of investment. Key Takeaway: ESG investing is growing rapidly and could be super-charged by a Biden administration and the new EU stimulus program.
Given the COVID-19 outbreak and the recent protests over the killing of George Floyd, it's not surprising the headlines about energy and the environment have been almost non-existent. Yet, these topics are critical for the economy and people's wellbeing.
Social culture is a key part of the lives we lead, and the night is a particularly unique condition in which we socialise: feelings of excitement, fear, romance, and fun are built into our shared and individual experiences of the night.
In 2018 the Technical University of Dresden began their 11th round of the Mobilität in der Stadten - Mobility in Cities-SrV survey - a survey which has been examining mobility indicators in Germany every 5 years since 1972. Mobility indicators include measures such as travel times, availability of transport options, and variations in those throughout a population.
In the second part of our series on the re-opening of the US economy, we tackle an area severely impacted by the virus: commercial real estate. These are our three COVID-19 questions that we set out in our first article: What have you done to overcome the shutdown?
Take a moment to ask yourself three COVID-19 questions: What have you done to overcome the shutdown? What have you done to adapt to the shutdown? What can you do to thrive after the reopening? Now, project these questions out to every job and sector of the economy.
In New Zealand we used to drive a lot, but in Berlin we rarely have the opportunity to ride in cars at all. We don't own one, and we haven't changed to German drivers licences yet, so the only times we get in cars is with friends or if we hire a taxi to go...
Last year in June I went on the Sternfahrt rally, along with 90,000 other people. Berlin opened up the motorways for cyclists to ride on, and riders took 19 different routes from places around the city towards the Brandenburg Gate. The rally was for clean air and the passing of the Mobility Act (Mobilitätsgesetzes), which was passed...
Earlier this year Berlin announced its plans to funnel large amounts of funding into the city's transport system, to the tune of approximately €28 billion. At the same time, other city planning departments in Berlin have been pushing for a barrier...