rio de janeiro

biking in Rio

Rio de Janeiro, has taken a dynamic approach by using the infrastructure investments made for the World Cup and Olympic to also address some of its major, ongoing infrastructure, environmental, and social issues.[read more]

greening Rio's port

Most working port areas of most cities - including just about all in the US - are way outmoded and polluting, and in desperate need of transformation for people and the environment.[read more]

What makes urban dwellers happy? Happiness is a fleeting commodity in reality, it comes and goes, but the perception of happiness is the real bottom-line driver for cities and their branding.[read more]

Cityscape from Shutterstock

These cities have presented challenges in areas such as mobility, economic development, social inclusion, health & wellbeing, urban management, lighting, energy, culture, future government and sustainable lifestyles. Companies, entrepreneurs, innovators, consortia, research centers, organizations and experts are all invited to take part by submitting ideas that solve the city’s listed challenge.[read more]

It is an irony that despite the magnificent natural beauty of Rio de Janeiro, the city itself is largely devoid of functioning nature. It is now time for Rio to not only to host global events such as the World Cup and Olympics, but to host its primary nature, not outside the city, but in the middle of its streets, plazas and buildings....[read more]

The mayor of Rio shares his insight into what can make the city of the future sustainable. Cool![read more]

Source: Le Monde Diplomatique Brasil.During the 1992 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro, most of the world's national governments agreed on the existence of a global environmental crisis. However, this agreement did not recognize the systemic relationship between this crisis and the dominant...[read more]

Rio De Janeiro is a bustling metropolis in a booming country–and, increasingly, an example of how government and business leaders can cooperate to make cities work better. Join the live blog today for a second day of coverage of speeches, panels and hallway discussions.Update:Noon: A Conversation with: Jorge Gerdau Johannpeter,...[read more]

[Image: Photo by Lauren Greenfield for The New York Times].There are two photo-essays circulating that benefit from juxtaposed browsing. On the one hand, you've got a series of images taken by Lauren Greenfield for The New York Times of Dubai in decline. This, of course, comes as Dubai's debt obligations have become so unmanageable that...[read more]