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In response to the challenges outlined above, the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and the Joint Programming Initiative Urban Europe (JPI UE) have paved the way for a long-term cooperation under the strategic theme of…

China has currently more than 100 urban agglomerations that exceed one million in population and this is likely to increase to 140 urban centres by the year 2025. Given the sheer dimension of its population and the continuous urbanisation,…

Autonomous vehicles, also known as self-driving vehicles, are advancing with technology in a high speed. They have the potential to change our urban mobility and landscape. Research results indicate that an overall adjustment of SDVs and…

Mercer annually evaluates cities in a compassing Quality of Living survey. The survey is built on 39 differentfactors, which include economic vibrancy, domestic security, infrastructure, crime figures, telecommunication, local law…

Megacities have been places of great diversity and multicultural coexistence ever since, but increased globalisation and international migration have put the intercultural mergence on yet another level. As this development is a vital…

The conception of affordable and efficient public transport systems is always a challenge for municipal administrations. They are highly capital-intensive and a planning nightmare, with thousands of things to consider and years of design…

In 1980, china made the small town of shenzhen its first ever special economic zone. A few decades later, shenzhen has become a modern metropolis with over 12 twelve million inhabitants and a flourishing economy. But its unchecked growth…

Quitting coal is a tremendously difficult task for China, a country with a population of nearly 1,4 billion, consequently the world’s largest energy consumer with a notorious dependency on coal as the main energy supply. However, China is…