#UrbanPixel | Your Anti-Urban
THIS WEEK: Anti-Urban NEXT WEEK: Waterfronts/ Waterways #UrbanPixel – A feature series on Urban Times that documents the issues and scenes of the urban landscape through photography. By visually representing an interesting topic, concern or element of our »
From Lunch to Landfill
This mini-film, brought to us by Mae Ryan at KPCC, shows the path that our food takes from plate to landfill. Despite 65% being recycled in the LA area (a considerably higher rate than in less developed rural areas) watch in awe at the immense amount of waste our »
Classifying the Built Environment: Zones, Urbanicity, Transects, and Trends
Each day countless commuters trek through the commuter zone to the CBD, from T3 to T6, from “MSA but not in a central city” to “central city of an MSA,” from »
Ego | Eco: The Fall From Disgrace
In the wake of Earth day, we invite you to add a caption to this image in the comments below to add your own flavor to the process it describes. Author's caption: The Fall From Disgrace. »
A Load of Poop [Infographic]
Now I know it's not polite to use toilet words, but this is very important business, and some of the facts displayed below stink (!). In the following infographic, brought to us by Online Nursing Programs, we see that it takes 3.5 gallons of water per toilet flush so »
Image of the Week: Isolated Landscapes
Most of my work is about abandoned places. Decaying buildings have a unique feeling for me: a mix of mystery, romance and loneliness. When I’m not among the dust and the shadows, I like to do some landscape »
Apple: The Numbers [Infographic]
World’s largest tech company: check. Larger than Microsoft and Google combined: check. World’s largest company by market cap: check. But how? We all know that iPhones, iPads, iPods, Apps and Apple computers all sell like hotcakes globally – but a look »
Tech-tastic Bodies [Infographic]
After Urban Times’ Tech Day and the launch of the UK tour of the Olympic Flame last week, there is no better time to appreciate the technological advancements in sporting prosthetics in recent decades. The below infographic from eBuyer and the University of »
22 May: Our Launch and What Else?
22nd May feels and is important to us. We are now officially two years old and are developing into quite the munchkin in the online publishing world. We stated our vision of rewiring global media towards »
Urban Times: What’s It All About? [Infographic]
In honour of the Urban Times’ second birthday, I made a little celebratory word art using a neat online generator called Wordle. Happy Birthday Urban Times! »
Five Awesome Images of the Solar Eclipse, 2012
If you’ve never been lucky – or determined – enough to have seen a solar eclipse, here are a selection of five stunning images sourced from across the web that depict unique vantage points of the »
Image of the Week: Moments in Mogadishu
The photos were taken in Mogadishu in February – right before the London conference on Somalia. Security guard looking over one of Mogadishu’s largest slums, located opposite the parliament building. Woman »
Classifying the Built Environment: Zones, Urbanicity, Transects, and Trends
The built environment houses various building types, densities, networks, land uses, and functions; author Brian Engelmann explores the facets of the built environment »
Weird and Wonderful National Favourites
This article is written in honor of Food Revolution Day 2012. To celebrate food revolution day (which happened yesterday!), we’ve pulled together a selection of national dishes from around the world that are both »
Health Suffers Because of Stress [Infographic]
Stress seems to be an everyday occurrence for a lot of people nowadays. The strains of everyday life are brought to the forefront in the following infographic produced by HeartMath. It outlines the more common ailments »