Tag: Cities
Between cooperation and rivalries: cities and regions, the new French fractures
Over the past decade, the world of territories has undergone profound changes with the extension of metropolitan status in 2014, the reform of the map of regions in 2015 and,…
Montpellier, Orléans, Thonon, Soissons and Chartres: five examples of “smart cities”
An article from the special issue of L’Express “Find the city that suits you” Montpellier A win-win program. Last January, Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole announced the ten winners of its second…
Less shop vacancy in Utrecht cities too: ‘People still want to come and have a look in real life’
Utrecht – Retail vacancy rates fell sharply throughout the Netherlands in 2022, and the situation was no different in the province of Utrecht. For example, in Utrecht, Amersfoort and Veenendaal,…
How medium-sized cities rely on culture to attract inhabitants of metropolises
Laval (Mayenne), November 19, 2022. Residents are discovering the face and new uses of the former Crédit Foncier, converted into a third place opening onto a garden. The building, renamed…
More than ten years after the announcement of Prime Air, Amazon is finally offering drone delivery… in two cities in the United States. If all goes as planned, this service should soon be extended to other countries. A small revolution.
More than ten years after the announcement of Prime Air, Amazon is finally offering drone delivery… in two cities in the United States. If all goes as planned, this service…
Digital transition: towards ever more connected cities
A broken traffic light posing a danger to pedestrians? With an application, a citizen can notify the town hall so that it acts as quickly as possible. It can also,…
Does your home follow the “3-30-300 rule”?
News Published on 12/13/2022 at 4:43 p.m. Updated 12/13/2022 at 4:43 p.m. Reading 2 mins. According to a Spanish study, being in regular contact with nature would be beneficial for…
Strep A panic in Turkey! Seen in 3 cities! prof. Dr. Mehmet Ceyhan warned: To intensive care immediately
Children who have died in Europe due to diseases caused by the Strep A bacteria are of concern. The threat of strep A infection is spreading fast. Strep A infection,…
Digital innovations: when cities are inspired by start-ups
But why are the agents in Grand Poitiers who clean the tags equipped with a tablet or a smartphone? Answer: because the local urban community has been developing an application…
Vegetation, watering… How French cities adapt to heat waves
On July 18, around sixty French municipalities experienced absolute temperature records: 38.2°C in Limoges, 39.7°C in Saint-Brieuc, 40.1°C in Caen, 42°C in Nantes… And it will take some getting used…