Urban Innovation and Sustainable Futures

This radar highlights innovative solutions designed to help people imagine and build the future of cities. We focus on SDG11—Sustainable Cities and Communities to promote inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable urban development. By aligning with this globally accepted guideline, we aim to make a meaningful impact on how cities evolve.

This resource is free and open-access, ensuring it reaches decision-makers, politicians, startups, businesses, policymakers, educators, and the public. In this version of the Envisioning Cities radar, we go beyond emerging technologies by including policies, ideas, strategies, concepts, and trends. This broadened focus demonstrates that the future of cities depends on more than just technology; social, political, cultural, and economic shifts play an equally important role.

Our Work

• Developed an interactive AI-powered tool for urban innovation.
• Features 90+ solutions encompassing policies, ideas, strategies, trends, and technologies.
• Enhanced user experience with AI-generated images created with Midjourney.
• Ongoing research with periodic updates.

Impact

• Provides urban planners with actionable insights.
• Free and open-access, this radar can be used by decision-makers, students, educators and citizens.
• Increased potential reach with content and AI-Assistant in English and Brazilian Portuguese.
• Material has been used in workshops and urban innovation classes.
• Supports Sustainable Development Goals (SDG11).
• Tagged for the New Urban Agenda and Resilient Recovery: Building Back Better frameworks.