cities

Renske Martijnse-Hartikka and Jaanus Müür join host Peeter Vihma to discuss how cities can manage and expand the use of drones in urban environments.
Taskuhäälingud
07.05.2025
Triavoog: how to manage drones in urban skies?
Drones are becoming an increasingly common sight in urban airspace – but what role do cities play in managing and expanding drone traffic? In the latest episode of the podcast "Innovation and Governance," we take a closer look at urban airspace, where new flying devices are constantly emerging.
Renske Martijnse-Hartikka and Jaanus Müür join host Peeter Vihma to discuss how cities can manage and scale urban drone operations.
Society
06.05.2025
Podcast: how can cities scale drone use?
As drones become an increasingly common sight in urban airspace, what role do cities play in managing and scaling their operations? In this episode of TalTech's "Innovation and Governance" podcast, we turn our attention to the skies above our cities – spaces that are rapidly becoming populated with drones.
Beneath cities lies a complex infrastructure that includes water supply systems, electrical grids, sewage networks, gas pipelines, and even historical and geological layers. Additionally, there are tree root systems, which are crucial for maintaining urban greenery. However, in practice, current urban planning often fails to consider the importance of these roots—and even mycorrhiza—resulting in declining tree vitality and, ultimately, the removal of trees. Photo: Pexels
Society
27.02.2025
Back to the roots: TreeCity saves urban trees
Imagine a city where the invisible world hidden beneath streets and buildings is mapped and integrated with innovative urban planning. TreeCity, one of the finalists of FinEst Centre for Smart Cities's Smart City Challenge 2024, offers exactly this.