The ground is deforming, and buildings aren't ready: Infrastructure study
There is a "silent hazard" lurking underneath our major global cities, and our buildings were not designed to handle it.
Jul 12, 2023
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News tagged with urban planners
Energy & Green Tech
A new approach for fast estimation of the solar energy potential in urban environments
TU Delft researchers have developed a new approach for quickly and accurately calculating the solar energy potential of surfaces in the urban environment. Via the new approach, architects and urban planners can more easily ...
Feb 5, 2019
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Engineering
Engineers point the way to more affordable, sustainable urban neighborhoods
A Stanford University analysis could help policymakers across the U.S. spend billions of dollars in new federal infrastructure funding more wisely. The study, published March 31 in Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, presents ...
Apr 5, 2022
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Engineering
Advanced simulation of air currents can result in more habitable cities
Densely packed housing makes urban areas vulnerable to overheating, pollution and dangerous wind gusts. The effects of climate change can aggravate these problems, but we can also work to prevent them. This can be done by ...
Jun 14, 2023
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AI can alert urban planners and policymakers to cities' decay
More than two-thirds of the world's population is expected to live in cities by 2050, according to the United Nations. As urbanization advances around the globe, researchers at the University of Notre Dame and Stanford University ...
Oct 26, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Uncertain climate future could disrupt energy systems
Extreme weather events—such as severe drought, storms, and heat waves—have been forecast to become more commonplace and are already starting to occur. What has been less studied is the impact on energy systems and how ...
Apr 1, 2020
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Making smart city infrastructure watertight in Vietnam
Research in the International Journal of Critical Infrastructures offers guidance on securing water critical infrastructures and reaffirms the urgency of protecting environment monitoring technologies as cities evolve into ...
Jul 28, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Researchers use AI, Google Street View to predict household energy costs on large scale
Low-income households in the United States are bearing an energy burden that is three times that of the average household, according to the U.S. Department of Energy. In total, more than 46 million U.S. households carry a ...
Feb 27, 2024
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Automotive
Zoning rules change in Buffalo shows parking reform could reenergize downtowns
For urban planners, parking rules established decades ago have become a contentious 21st-century challenge. Parking takes up about one-third of land area in U.S. cities; nationwide, there are an estimated eight parking spaces ...
Jun 10, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
Bike kitchens: Community-run repair workshops that help build a culture of cycling
Cycling reduces greenhouse gas emissions, brings myriad health benefits and reduces traffic. But urban planners and policymakers often struggle to get more people on bikes.
Jan 4, 2022
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