Green Infrastructure Emerges as Key to Solving Cities’ Twin Water Crises
A new review finds that cities investing most heavily in green infrastructure achieve the best combined outcomes for water supply ...
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Simulations Show Greening Could Cool Japan’s Fukuyama Station Square by Nearly 0.6°C
Field measurements and two-metre-resolution simulations of Fukuyama Station Square show that proposed greening would cut summer air temperatures by about ...
New decision framework ranks roadside plants for pollution-heavy city corridors
A hybrid decision framework combining DEMATEL, SWARA, entropy weighting, and TOPSIS has ranked 27 roadside plant taxa for pollution mitigation ...
Hybrid AI Framework Targets Urban Flood Risk and Green Infrastructure Planning
A new hybrid machine learning framework, GIStorm-Net, combines XGBoost, graph neural networks and optimization algorithms to predict urban flood risk ...
Rebuilding Aghdam: how a destroyed city is testing sustainable urban recovery
A new case study analyses how Aghdam, Azerbaijan, is being rebuilt after near-total destruction through integrated planning, green energy, social ...
Quantifying Nature’s Value: Green Space Health Benefits Valued in Euros
A pilot study in Flanders, Belgium, successfully quantified and monetized the health benefits of green-blue areas, estimating annual economic gains ...
Systematic Review Maps Lagos Urban Forest Governance Gaps for Climate Resilience
A systematic review of twenty peer-reviewed studies finds that fragmented land governance and uneven green infrastructure delivery limit urban forestry's ...
From Leftover Land to Living Infrastructure: How Chinese Sports Parks Blend Recreation and Events
A new analysis of four Chinese sports parks shows how reused waterfronts, industrial sites, expressway underspace, and rooftops can support ...
Rain gardens outperform rain barrels in flood-prone neighborhoods near Tokyo
A modeling study of three flood-prone residential catchments in Saitama City near Tokyo found that rain gardens achieved the highest ...
Urban Forests Deliver More Than Shade: Soundscapes and Well-Being Emerge as Key to Sustainable Cities
A new editorial argues that urban forests sustain cities through a multi-sensory portfolio of ecosystem services, with soundscapes, mental health ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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