The United Arab Emirates gets all the attention for crazy urban schemes—from zero-carbon cities to kinetic, swirling skyscrapers. South Korea is lesser known, but it's also got grand ambitions and tech-crazed urban ...READ»
We've covered sustainable urban developments in Seoul before. On Tuesday researchers launched an environmentally friendly public transport system using a "recharging
road"-- with a vehicle sucking power magnetically from buried ...READ»
Landfills now have a use besides stinking up large areas of land. The South Korean government is working on a project to produce hydrogen from natural biogases (aka methane) produces in landfills.
The facility, which is being ...READ»
Most metropolis' are so busy building the future that they don't have time to re-think the past. Not so with Seoul, South Korea. In 2003, the city demolished a downtown freeway to restore an ancient stream that once flowed beneath the ...READ»
Most metropolis' are so busy pushing toward the future that they don't have time to re-think the past. Not so with Seoul, South Korea. In 2003, the city demolished a downtown freeway to restore an ancient stream that once flowed beneath the thoroughfare. READ»
Congestion pricing has been a huge success in London--reducing traffic and making money for the city. What's more, it challenges the notion that cities should be designed around cars rather than people. But as we'll learn in this episode of e2, congestion pricing is the core of a much more sweeping vision that could transform London into a transit-efficient and pedestrian-friendly megacity in time for the 2012 Olympic games.READ»
North Korea may have lost control of their World Cup game against Portugal (7-0!), but the nation's also lost control of something much more deadly: Waste products from its attempts to build a hydrogen bomb have been detected in South ...READ»
One of the ways individuals can reduce the impact of aviation emissions is to buy carbon offsets every time they fly. Around $25 can offset the amount of carbon released per passenger during a London to NY roundtrip. But most people don't know how carbon offsets work or how to purchase them.READ»
Rem Koolhaas, the brilliant, subversive force behind the Office for Metropolitan Architecture, has had a great run with Prada, functioning basically as the fashion label's court architect. In 2001, there was a clever flagship store ...READ»
January 19, 2009:Today is Martin Luther King’s birthday and we have one day to Obama’s inauguration!New World Economy So much is changing and becoming more interesting and meaningful. This is an evolving era of mass insight, ...READ»
Portland is a city that successfully implemented a plan for transit-oriented development. Its urban planners made the public domain more appealing and accessible by emphasizing density and pedestrian travel. These transit policies are credited with spurring urban rejuvenation in Portland and many cities, while slowing the postwar dominance of the suburbs.READ»
First Abu Dhabi announced the ultra-sustainable Masdar City, and now South Korea has decided to build its own self-sufficient city, dubbed Sejong City or the Multifunctional Administrative City (MAC). The MAC, located 100 miles ...READ»
Moving from Seoul to Singapore takes the geeks to a small market that's quite evolved, and to the most comprehensive Asian tech conference yet, Echelon 2010. Here, I learn that one of the largest web markets, social games, is already ...READ»
Samsung used to be known for cheap knockoff electronics. Now it's a red-hot global brand, thanks to sleek, bold, and beautiful products. It transformed itself by opening to the outside world--and looking deep within its Korean heart.READ»
