Metropolitan areas with multiple city centers and dispersed green spaces mitigate extreme heat more effectively than those with one dominant city, an analysis by Cornell city planning scholars finds.
Environment
Feb 7, 2024
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A study published in the journal Science China Life Sciences was led by Prof. Weidong Cao (Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences) and Prof. Zongxian Che (Institute ...
Ecology
Dec 12, 2023
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Use of corporate tax breaks to spur economic development appears to be connected with public school underfunding, said Dr. Christine Wen, Texas A&M assistant professor of urban planning, in her recently published study that ...
Education
Oct 11, 2023
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Population ecologist William Rees, with the University of British Columbia's School of Community and Regional Planning, is reminding denizens of Earth that the planet can only support so many people. In his paper published ...
Air pollution is a major public health problem: The World Health Organization has estimated that it leads to over 4 million premature deaths worldwide annually. Still, it is not always extensively measured. But now an MIT ...
Environment
Mar 16, 2023
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Wildfires pose a large and growing threat to communities across California, where fires are becoming more frequent and destructive.
Environment
Feb 20, 2023
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Urban planners are fending off abuse fuelled by conspiracy theories about their "15-minute city" regeneration projects which suspicious social media users claim are the road to "climate lockdowns".
Social Sciences
Feb 15, 2023
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As extreme weather events become more often and intensify, the number of people and places exposed to flooding events is likely to grow.
Earth Sciences
Feb 7, 2023
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In Canada, as in most places around the world, climate change adaptation planning takes a top-down approach. But new findings by University of Alberta researchers suggest an integrated approach that incorporates regional ...
Environment
Nov 15, 2022
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About 500 people have died in Nigeria's worst floods in a decade and 1.4 million others been displaced from their homes since the start of the rainy season, the government said.
Environment
Oct 13, 2022
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