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A focused intelligence section from the Mark and Focus archive, connecting recurring analysis across policy, infrastructure, resilience, technology, and urban systems change.
In the circular economy, where resources, including water, are used in a more sustainable way. through greater recycling and re-use, with significant benefits to both the economy and the environment. In one…
Europe is an urban and increasingly urban continent with the percentage of the population living in urban centers expected to increase from over 70% in 2015 to more than 80% in 2050.…
With global demand for water projected to outstrip supply by 40% in 2030, cities around the world are facing a water-insecure future unless they balance rising demand with limited, and often variable,…
With the global population projected to reach 9 billion in 2050, demand for food is expected to increase by 70% in 2050. It is estimated that to meet this increased demand for…
The City of and that they need to reduce their water use to winter levels. This is in response to a drought in the Western Cape that has seen dam levels in…
With the global population projected to reach 9 billion in 2050, demand for food is expected to increase by over 50% in 2030 and 70% in 2050. Already accounting for nearly 70%…
San Francisco’s paved surfaces, including buildings, streets and parking lots, cover most of the city, preventing rainwater from infiltrating into the ground. The result is that stormwater runoff travels across these impervious…
Between 2007 – the year South Australia established its climate change legislation and released its first climate change strategy – and 2013. At the same time the city’s economy grew by 28%.…
What is a livability city? as experienced by its residents. However, cities are facing increased challenges from rising household consumption, rising demand for urban services, depletion of natural resources, increasing levels of…
The definition of a ‘smart city’ varies across people and sectors. One definition from the UK’s Department of Business, Innovation and Skills is that through which citizen engagement, hard infrastructure, social capital…
