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Sidewalk Labs had planned to develop the Toronto Port Lands, seen here in June 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Lahodynskyj

May 8, 2020

Sidewalk Labs’ smart-city plans for Toronto are dead. What’s next?

Blayne Haggart, Brock University and Natasha Tusikov, York University, Canada

The economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic has caused Sidewalk Labs, a Google affiliate, to withdraw from the Toronto waterfront development partnership.

Sydney’s Darling Harbour: popular but noisy and expensive. Here’s how we could do better to provide a safe place to work and play. from www.shutterstock.com

January 16, 2019

How Darling Harbour was botched (and could be reborn)

Rob Roggema, Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Groningen

Cities around the world are redeveloping their waterfronts to be accessible and resilient to the effects of climate change. Here’s where Sydney’s Darling Harbour went wrong and what we can do better.

Density is an idea sold to us by corporate developers who want to build on every last bit of green space. To fully enjoy our city now and for the future, we need more public green space.

August 9, 2018

Toronto needs more beauty in its waterfront designs

Deborah de Lange, Toronto Metropolitan University

As Toronto hurtles towards its population dense future, the making of significant green communities for its waterfront needs to be urgently considered.

Toronto could learn a lot from Brazil following the flawed and opaque consultation process to develop parts of the city’s waterfront. (Shutterstock)

May 15, 2018

Quayside Toronto project proves that smart city talks must be transparent

Blayne Haggart, Brock University and Natasha Tusikov, York University, Canada

Toronto’s Quayside smart city project needs a new, truly consultative process. An innovative method used by Brazil to develop its landmark Internet Bill of Rights may be the answer.

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