Cities of Tomorrow | World Economic Forum
2024年3月15日 · The Global Future Councils serve as a brain trust for leaders from government, business and civil society, and support the Forum’s mission by bringing together experts bound by a shared mission to discuss the most critical issues, generate insights and analysis, and collaborate in shaping agendas.
5 big challenges facing big cities of the future - The World …
2018年10月29日 · Increasingly, cities around the world are learning about the best governance and planning practices from one another, even as they remain accountable to their respective national governments. The broad goals of urban governance should address issues of equity, liveability and sustainability in cities of the future.
Here are 5 predictions for the future of our cities
2018年2月15日 · Even better, cities waste fewer resources per capita on infrastructure and services. This makes them ideally suited for providing realistic answers to the biggest global challenges. It also makes cities the only realistic solution for housing a population that is expected to expand to 9.7 billion by 2050. With digitization, these problem ...
This is what the cities of the future could look like
2020年12月22日 · We may want our future cities to prioritise environmental renewal. The Green Machine, a design for a future city by architect Stephane Malka, moves like a mobile oasis, replenishing desert rather than causing more environmental degradation. This future city collects water through air condensation and uses solar power to drive itself over arid ...
Shaping cities to be inclusive, sustainable and resilient
2024年11月8日 · Building resilient, equitable and sustainable cities of the future needs a new type of city leadership and urban management. Urbanization will add 1.2 billion people to Asia and Pacific cities by 2050, putting more pressure on strained infrastructure and services.
These are some of the world's top smart and sustainable cities
2024年3月11日 · The IESE ranking of the world’s most sustainable and smart cities is led by European and US cities, but many cities from elsewhere perform strongly against individual measures. With increasing numbers of people living in cities, initiatives like the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Cities, which aims to tackle urban ...
Future of cities and local economies at Davos 2024: Key takeaways
2024年1月22日 · With cities generating more than 80% of global GDP and hosting the majority of the global population, they will be key to bolstering sustainability, resilience and affordability for growing urban populations. Davos 2024 underscored the critical role of …
Here's what you need to know about the megacities of the future
2018年10月10日 · The prospect of employment and a brighter future proved a powerful lure in industrializing societies, drawing people en masse from rural areas to emerging urban centres. In the mid-20th century, as the first megacities sprang up and iconic buildings transformed skylines, cities such as New York and Tokyo became hubs of people, business and ...
Why global cities will flourish in a post-COVID future
2020年8月26日 · The world of urban living and working may appear to be in flux, but its foundations are deep and secure. Contrary to some predictions made in the midst of this terrible pandemic, a dynamic and reimagined future is taking shape in which the world’s major cities will thrive, characterized by vibrant and distinctive office, cultural, retail and residential pr
30 visions for a better world in 2030 | World Economic Forum
2019年10月29日 · The future of transportation, as most of us imagine it, is dominated by driverless cars - but to truly build a sustainable future for our cities, we need to reduce the numbers of cars on the roads full-stop. This can be achieved through a fairly simple, practical and proven strategy: temporarily taking cars off our streets altogether.