A planned metropolis in a once-booming corner of China feels empty due to unfinished skyscrapers and a dearth of residents, the Washington Post reports.
IBM researchers are designing software that can project how bad the city’s air pollution might be and recommend steps to alleviate it, the MIT Technology Review reports.
Sudden collapses of earth in dozens of Chinese cities are blamed mostly on over-extraction of water, minerals and oil in urban areas, CityMetric reports.
The ridesharing app revolutionizing urban transit is getting a lift from Chinese customers fed up with limited taxi service, the Washington Post reports.
The bus system will feature 37 stations over a 23 km route when completed in early 2016, according to the Institute for Transportation & Development Policy.
Spurred by water shortages and floods, Shenzhen and other cities are introducing permeable pavement and bioswales to absorb rainwater without sewers, E&E Publishing reports.
American-style subdivisions such as Beijing’s “Orange County” offer refuge from city life but also contribute to auto dependency and sprawl, The City Fix reports.
Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou are among the first wave of China cities that will seek to contain sprawl that consumes forests and farms, China. org.cn reports.
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