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construction and property

Owning your own home increasingly feels out of reach for many. : Unsplash: Tom Rumble Unsplash Licence (https://unsplash.com/license)

How political parties have influenced our desire to own our own homes.

Housing affordability

Home ownership is not only personal but political

How political parties have influenced our desire to own our own homes.

Economy
The British-style planning system brings uncertainty into the development process that can get in the way of projects being built. Unsplash: Jamie Street Unsplash Licence : Jamie Street, Unsplash Unsplash Licence

A hard-to-see difference in building planning systems is making the business of creating houses a riskier, more expensive gambit in countries like Britain.

Housing affordability

Playing by the rules could help the housing crisis

A hard-to-see difference in building planning systems is making the business of creating houses a riskier, more expensive gambit in countries like Britain.

Economy
Large-scale flooding due to climate change and rapid development has become more frequent over the past three years. : James Goldie for 360info CC BY 4.0

Cities across Asia are developing at such an astounding rate , the pressure on water tables is causing many to slip into oblivion.

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Sinking cities

How to save our cities from going under

Cities across Asia are developing at such an astounding rate, the pressure on water tables is causing many to slip into oblivion.

Special Report
Jakarta’s sinking problem began in the 1970s and ties in directly with the number of groundwater extraction wells drilled during the period. : Floods in South Jakarta by Voice of America is available at https://bit.ly/3AXvSgI CC-BY-SA-3.0

Deep groundwater extraction wells are built by the business elites for commercial value. Better transparency will help manage them more sustainably.

Sinking cities

How Jakarta has dug itself into a hole

Environment
Climate change is expected to accelerate sea-level rise and coastal cities such as Shanghai are most at risk of increased flooding. : Flood in Shanghai by Carsten Ullrich is available at https://bit.ly/3NGwcbl CC BY-SA 2.0

More than half the city will be under 1.2 metres of flood waters by the end of this century if action is not taken now.

Sinking cities

Rising sea levels could swamp sinking Shanghai

Environment
To stop cities from sinking, groundwater has to be replenished and the soil in construction sites strengthened. : Brisbane flood by Stephenk1977 is available at https://bit.ly/3LVbFOT CC BY 2.0

Artificial recharge and deep soil mixing are two techniques showing promise in rescuing sinking cities.

Sinking cities

Two ways to fight land subsidence

Environment
The upcoming men’s FIFA World Cup has been marred by allegations of labour abuses. : Fauzan Saari, History Of Soccer Unsplash licence (https://unsplash.com/license)

The reverberations of Qatar’s migrant worker deaths will linger over the upcoming World Cup. Whether it leads to real change rests with a few foreign powers.

Modern slavery

Qatar’s migrant worker treatment a red card for World Cup

Labour
Robotics could entirely change the way construction takes place in the future. : Scott Blake, Unsplash Unsplash licence

Amid a search for greener, cheaper construction, innovations in robotics are being keenly watched.

Robot cities

Building the future with robotics

Technology
As the technology evolves, integrating robots into the business of cities has become a key focus for city planners. : Michael Joiner, 360info CC BY 4.0

360info explores robot cities to discover the latest innovations, and help answer the looming questions they invite.

7 perspectives
Special Report

Robot cities

Society