Eurostat has published a report which provides detailed information for the urban landscape of Europe. and paints a picture of urban developments and urban life in the EU Member States, as well as European Free Trade Association (EFTA) and candidate countries. Statistics is an important tool for analysing changing patterns of urban development and the impact that… Continue reading Urban Europe – Statistics on Cities and Towns
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The Historic Link Between Cities and Innovation
Richard Florida has written an interesting article on The Atlantic CITYLABs website, about The Historic Link Between Cities and Innovation, and we recommend it. As Florida points out, density spurs innovation by pushing people and ideas together, enabling them to combine and recombine in new ways. As Joseph Schumpeter famously wrote, “Innovation is creative destruction,… Continue reading The Historic Link Between Cities and Innovation
The Greatest Question in Science
“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky, The flying cloud, the frosty light The year is dying in the night; Ring out, wild bells, and let him die. Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow: The year is going, let him go; Ring out the false, ring… Continue reading The Greatest Question in Science
The Bearing Wave in 2015
Dear reader of this blog, we want to thank you for following The Bearing Wave in 2015. We had 59,000 visits during the year, as we published 181 new articles. In total, the blog now has an archive of 863 posts. Many of them are articles that we think may remain interesting reads also for… Continue reading The Bearing Wave in 2015
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Climate Change and Carbon Consumption
The Economist has published a smart videographic on what is driving climate change. China and India are perceived to be the worst emitters of carbon dioxide, but as we can see in the video, much changes when adjustments are made for population, GDP levels and carbon consumption per person. How to understand the state of… Continue reading Climate Change and Carbon Consumption
Multimodal Transport and Railway Systems – An Overview
Dear readers, a few months ago we have started a series of articles about multimodal transport and railway systems with a post about King´s Cross station in London. Since then we have published seven more articles, and today we finish the series with this summary overview. The articles in the series are dedicated to analysing … Continue reading Multimodal Transport and Railway Systems – An Overview
Innovative Sustainable Re-Development – High Line
This case study is about the High Line, a unique, elevated linear park that was created on top of and abandoned rail line on Manhattan, in New York. It has been on an elevated section of a disused New York Central Railroad section called the West Side Line. In the early days of public transport,… Continue reading Innovative Sustainable Re-Development – High Line
How to be a Better Professional
Everyday we meet many different personality type of speakers, managers, leader etc. Some of them we joyfully listen and follow, some of them leave no respect or appreciation in us. A third group set us with indifferent aura as the conveyed mixed massages does not reach the audience or has unclear purpose. In any case,… Continue reading How to be a Better Professional
Introductions to the Future of Places Conference
The Future of Places Conference opened yesterday in Stockholm and it was an impressive experience to see how many attendants the conference has drawn from all over the World. The people participating comes from four sector, from Academia and Research, from Governments, from business companies and from Civil Society. In the opening session I sat… Continue reading Introductions to the Future of Places Conference