Current global trends indicate that over 50% of the world’s human population lives in urban areas. Although the figure for the African continent is lower at 40%; its growth rate of 3.6 % is double the worlds average and the highest globally. Urban centres have greater requirements for the generation, distribution and consumption of energy […]
Mi Teleferico: Worlds Highest Cable Car Transports over 42,000 people daily
The earliest known use of cable transit for passenger transportation was in 250 B.C in South China. Though they have been used in European ski resorts for decades, it is only in the last few years that their use in urban centres has become widespread. Last year (2014), the Bolivian Government launched what is now […]
Planners: Does Security in Urban Centres begin with you?
Innovative approaches to Urban Security In addition to the visible challenges of mobility, human settlements and environmental sustainability, city planners have to think about Urban Security. Cities have been said to the “honeypot of criminal activities where incidents of muggings, car-jacking, house burglaries and occasional hooliganism are common. . Recent times have also seen cities become […]
