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BBC London Calling Season
To mark the Olympic year a series of programs on London is being broadcast by the BBC, exploring the dynamic and diverse nature of the capital and its historic roots. There have already been some...
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Visualising Flows: Great Britain Journey-to-Work
There have been some wonderful flow maps appearing online recently, such as Paul Butler’s global facebook friend’s map, and maps of global trade and flight patterns. Inspired by these, I’ve been...
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Visualising Flows 2: the Global CO2 Emissions Supply Chain
Every so often you come across a dataset that really amazes you in its richness and ability to change perspectives on understanding the world. One such dataset has been produced by academics at...
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A Tale of Tech City: the future of Inner East London’s Digital Economy
Earlier this month Demos published a fascinating report on the hot topic of London’s “Tech City” cluster, which has been promoted by the government as a key growth pole for the UK. The report authors...
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Automobile 2.0: Electrification, Sharing and Self-Drive
Autonomous car concept by Mike and Maaike. Despite the litany of sins levelled at the automobile- it’s woeful energy efficiency, harmful pollution, congestion, road casualties, damage to public...
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Carbonchart: Why are Global CO2 Emissions Soaring?
As the costs of recent droughts spiral from USA to Australia, West Africa to India, we’re getting a taste of what a significantly warmer climate would be like. Critically as the scientific evidence...
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Copenhagen and Hong Kong: Mapping Global Leaders in Green Transport
Cities that achieve social and economic success without high car use generally have three things in common: high densities, good urban design, and successful planning frameworks that integrate land-use...
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Urban Age Electric City Conference
I recently began a new job at LSE Cities and have been working for the last month on materials for the Electric City conference in London, taking place on the 6th and 7th December this week. The...
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Sparks of Inspiration at the Electric City Conference
Michael Kimmelman, Bjarke Ingels, Ricky Burdett and Alejandro Zaera-Polo debate urban design You know you’ve attended a good conference when the discussion leaves your head buzzing with new ideas and...
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World City Living and Working Densities: Poles Apart?
One of the most recognisable visualisation techniques used by LSE Cities in the Urban Age publications is the 3D density map- an intuitive and engaging way to represent built form, and enable...
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