【FOCUS】 Scientific Urban Planning
2020-04-08
In recent years, lots of scientific and innovative ways of urban planning are applied to cities, which provide citizens with a more comfortable and convenient living environment.
【FOCUS】Guangzhou Award was highly commended in an UCLG report
2020-03-25
Recently, a report entitled The Localization of the Global Agendas: How local action is transforming territories and communities, was released by UCLG...
【FOCUS】Waste Management: For a Better Future
2020-03-18
To find out more about waste management, let’s learn from these successful initiatives and cases introduced by Guangzhou Award Secretariat!
【FOCUS】 Improving the Ecological Environment
2020-03-11
As the Chinese Arbor Day is approaching, Guangzhou Award Secretariat would like to share a series of initiatives that contributed to improving climate condition.
【FOCUS】SHEqual Rights
2020-03-05
To celebrate the upcoming International Women's Day, Guangzhou Award Secretariat introduces the gender equality movements in Santa Ana (Costa Rica), Mezitli (Turkey) and some other regions around the world.
SDG9 plus: Techno-city
2019-04-05
On the waves of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), technological innovation is redefining human society. How cities harness technologies to achieve sustainability becomes a focus. In this issue, we will see how cities integrate technologies
Water They Doing: Water Solutions
2019-03-22
It may seem like we are far from water shortage: about 70% of the Earth's surface is covered by water. However, more than 95% of the water is held by the ocean, which means it is not directly potable. Water scarcity is a big challenge facing us, and t
HERban Innovation: For a More Gender-Balanced City
2019-03-08
From left to right: Awkwafina, Billy Porter, and Amy Poehler (Getty Images)You might have already forgotten the name of the Best Picture for this year's Academy Awards, but you may still have a fresh memory of these looks at the annual gala of th
Case Study: Mobile Multi-Modal Mobility Guide (Berlin, Germany)
2019-02-22
By DENG Yuanchang / Sun Yat-Sen UniversityBerlin was a deserving city for the 3rd Guangzhou International Award for Urban Innovation in 2016. This study tour took place during September 2nd and 4th, 2017.The m4guide (Mobile Multi-Modal Mobility Guide) res