LANCASTER: Lancaster joins 11 English councils piloting AI-powered biodiversity assessment from high-resolution satellite imagery under MHCLG's PropTech Innovation Fund, helping planners decide where development should go while protecting habitats.
CINCINNATI: A University of Cincinnati researcher is building a low-cost, open-source system letting residents gather hyperlocal environmental data on their own terms - community-governed sensing as a counterpoint to top-down smart-city deployments.