Here’s What the Regenerative Cities of Tomorrow Could Look Like

One positive change is the rise of regenerative citiesurban centers designed to have a restorative relationship with the environment that protects and enhances local ecosystems...

WIRED Japan collaborated with the urban design studio For Cities to highlight some of the worlds best sustainable urban developments, which are harbingers of what is to come..

From using local materials and construction methods to restoring ecosystems, these projects go beyond merely making green spaces and provide hints of how cities of the future will function as well as how they will be built..

It described the shift to a circular economy in European architecture and cities and presented six strategies that will be crucial for creating circular cities: redeveloping brownfield sites (land that was once used for industry but, due to soil contamination, cannot be redeveloped or sold); converting vacant commercial buildings; employing material-efficient design; using low-impact materials; expanding green-blue spaces; and increasing tree canopies..

Kongjian Yu, the founder of the Chinese architecture and landscaping firm Turenscape, has proposed the idea of sponge cities, an approach to urban planning that involves increasing green spaces to collect rainwater to prepare for water shortages due to climate change..

You might be interested in