The Future of Cities – Page 3
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Special ReportsCity in focus: Shenzhen, Smart City 2024
How did a once small fishing village end up being named Smart City 2024 at the Smart City Expo World Congress? Isobel Lee investigates
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Special ReportsCity in focus: Tokyo, gateway to life 100 years into the future
Projects such as Tokyo’s Takanawa Gateway complex are testing grounds for Japan’s future cities. Isobel Lee investigates
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Special ReportsLife science real estate evolves from labs to urban innovation clusters
European life science real estate is evolving from the provision of high-spec lab facilities to the creation of urban innovation clusters. Virna Asara reports
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Special ReportsWhat rising vacancies mean for US life science real estate market
Rising vacancy rates across the main US life science hubs do not tell the full story of an increasingly polarised market. Virna Asara reports
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Special ReportsDoes an ageing Europe create opportunities for real assets investors?
Europe is in the midst of a major demographic shift. Christopher Walker reports
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Special ReportsWhat does the ageing of 80m baby boomers mean for real assets in the US?
America is getting older and has witnessed a significant shift in its demographic landscape
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Special ReportsReal estate markets will need to start catering for an ageing Africa
Even Africa’s young population is getting older. Razak Musah Baba explores the implications for real assets
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Special ReportsQ&A: BlackRock readies real estate strategy for ageing world
The world’s largest asset manager is positioning its strategy to capitalise on demographic shifts
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Special ReportsChina’s demographics: 9073 no longer adds up
China’s one-child policy was scrapped 10 years ago, but the effect on its need for elderly care is still being felt
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Special ReportsIndia’s rapidly growing population is in dire need of investment in senior living
The country faces 346m seniors by 2050
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Special ReportsJapan highlights effects of ageing on real assets
One in eight homes is empty, as Japan provides a window into the future
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Special ReportsInvestors wake up to Australian land-lease opportunity
The market for land-lease communities is booming off the back of demographic trends
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Special ReportsUpsizing the Australian retirement market
A record amount of retirement villages are up for sale in Australia
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Special ReportsHolistic natural capital strategies take shape in investors’ minds
Asset class, built on a bedrock of sustainable forestry and agriculture, begins to emerge
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Special ReportsCarbon credits: Forestry fund managers juggle corporate and investor objectives
Tech giants add to growing demand for carbon offsets. Florence Chong reports
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Special ReportsAgriculture specialist Cibus Capital mulls move into carbon credits
Florence Chong speaks to consultant investment director Damon Petrie
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Special ReportsThe birth of a biodiversity credits market?
Florence Chong explores the early progress being made to amid urgent need for ‘nature repair’
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Special ReportsRegenerative agriculture: Back to life
Institutional investment managers are taking a lead role in the urgent need for regenerative farming
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Special ReportsTop 40 natural capital investment managers 2025: Fields, forests, fast
The convergence of large timber and agriculture specialists is helping to fuel growth
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Special ReportsNew Forests: Ploughing a new furrow in agriculture
Fifth-placed New Forests has big plans for its agriculture arm. Florence Chong speaks to head of New Agriculture Bruce King
