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DevelopmentCharleston’s Upper Peninsula: Sustainable Growth for a Knowledge-Based Economy
Driving north through Charleston, South Carolina’s upper peninsula, Katie McKain explains the rationale behind a new initiative that seeks to shape this rapidly developing district, home to several creative and high-tech businesses and some of the city’s hottest commercial real estate.
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SustainabilityGreen Innovations Adding Market Value
Clean, renewable energy technologies are already powering homes, commercial buildings, and cars, but will soon be taking on heavier assignments, including moving trains, trucks, and even jets, experts said at a shared conference day of FutureBuild 2015 and the Green Marketmaker’s Conference, held in Los Angeles in late January through a partnership between ULI Los Angeles and VerdeXchange.
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DevelopmentRedeveloping for Health in Hamburg’s HafenCity
Decentralized spatial urban planning, rather than walkability, is the most effective tool for building healthy cities, says the chief executive officer of Europe’s largest inner-city development project.
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SustainabilityThe New Normal of Extreme Weather Conditions
Disruptive forces created by climate change represent the “new normal” for the real estate industry and cities worldwide, posing “huge risks” to those not adequately preparing for it, warned a panel of experts at the ULI Europe Annual Conference in Paris last week.
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A Developing Front in Resilience: Electricity Microgrids
February 17, 2015At some forward-thinking projects, developers are taking control of the electric supply into their own hands.
World’s Cities Largely Unprepared for Effect of Climate Change
February 13, 2015London Mayor Boris Johnson believes voters are one of the biggest obstacles to improving the city’s resilience to the effects of climate change.
Can Melbourne Lower Its Average Temperature by 7 Degrees?
February 2, 2015Six years after a deadly heat wave, Melbourne has adopted climate-change policies which include an initiative to do what might seem impossible: to reduce the central city’s average temperature by 7 degrees Fahrenheit (4 degrees Celsius) by 2030.
ULI to Advise City of Norfolk on Strategies to Redevelop and Improve the Resilience of Fort Norfolk Neighborhood
January 5, 2015A group of experts has been convened by the Urban Land Institute to make recommendations to the city of Norfolk, Virginia, on improving the resilience of the Fort Norfolk neighborhood, which is strategically important in the city’s plans for economic vitality as well as climate change preparedness.
Insurers Need Support to Mitigate Impacts of Climate Change on the Built Environment
December 12, 2014While the insurance industry is developing new risk standards for natural disasters, according to a ULI white paper, the real estate sector and governments also must play an active role in climate change adaptation
How Best to Retrofit Housing for Earthquakes? Rezone and Densify
December 11, 2014Could San Francisco’s landlords finance badly needed earthquake retrofits by converting garages into “granny flats” while also adding badly needed affordable housing?
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