Elected Capital of Biodiversity in 2019, Lyon Métropole appears today to be one of the most commited communities in the fight against the effects of global warming thanks to its policy in favor of wooded areas. Lyon Métropole was thus the first French city to integrate to its local urbanization plan a 30% vegetation […]
In view of the hyper-concentration of the world population in urban areas and because of the climate change, cities develop more and more innovative projects to turn green their city centers and the peri-urban areas. Among the different methods developed in recent years to create sustainable and resilient urban forest, the one of the Japanese […]
Located in the South of Malaysia, island city-state of Singapour* is held up as a model of sustainable development. As a matter of fact, Singapour, nicknamed the “Garden City”, has adopted since its independence in 1965 an urbanization policy focused on green spaces. With more than 50% of its surface area covered by green spaces, […]
2008 was a turning point in history: for the very first time number of urban dwellers surpassed the number of people living in rural areas. That hyper-concentration of population – towns occupy 2% of the globe’s surface – generates many social and environmental problems and presents major urban management challenges. Sustainable urban management is […]
