Five ways to cool cities as temperatures soar
As Australia heads into an El Niño summer, UNSW's Dr. Negin Nazarian, an expert in urban climate, explains five crucial strategies to keep cities—and people—cooler.
Nov 16, 2023
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As Australia heads into an El Niño summer, UNSW's Dr. Negin Nazarian, an expert in urban climate, explains five crucial strategies to keep cities—and people—cooler.
Nov 16, 2023
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Two levels below ground at the Grant Park North Garage, the summer heat feels oppressive. As downtown commuters park and exit their cars, sweat quickly beads on their furrowed brows and foreheads.
Aug 2, 2023
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Texas A&M Superfund Research Center investigators have developed a novel green infrastructure plan to reduce stormwater runoff in Houston's Sunnyside community by uniquely combining the results of three separate landscape ...
Jul 18, 2022
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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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business-as-usual planning principles—especially as these disasters tend to disproportionately affect disadvantaged populations, increasing inequality in Australia.
Mar 22, 2021
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The Spanish city of Barcelona has pioneered an innovative approach to managing traffic, freeing up public space and promoting walking and cycling. The "superblocks" model produces considerable health and economic benefits, ...
Sep 18, 2019
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Reframing local authority and national planning measures that redistribute car-centric travel spaces to prioritize walking and cycling is critical to help Ireland work towards its goal of halving transport sector emissions ...
Jun 22, 2023
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The growth in the number of cars parked in urban areas has a major impact on public space. One key consequence of this is that parking availability is less predictable, both in downtown and in quieter, residential areas, ...
Feb 4, 2021
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Computer vision and image recognition could solve the problem of a shortage of parking spaces in Chelyabinsk. As part of the work on the Smart City program, scientists from South Ural State University proposed using the already ...
Sep 15, 2020
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While urban population is expected to continue growing around most of the globe, this is less so in Europe.
Oct 14, 2019
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