Dense Neighborhoods, Not Just Big Cities, Hold the Key to Resource Efficiency
A grid-based analysis of the entire contiguous United States shows that population density, not city size, drives sub-linear scaling of ...
Tag: sustainable urban development
Resilience Emerges as the Missing Link Between Smart Cities and the Sustainable Development Goals
A systematic review of a decade of research finds that smart cities become truly sustainable only when resilience indicators, adaptive ...
Green Parks Can Displace the Poor—Unless Housing Rules Stop It
A comparative study of green regeneration in Malmö and Rotterdam shows that binding equity indicators and integrated social-housing governance, not ...
New Multicriteria Framework Ranks Sustainable Drainage Designs by Performance, Cost and Resilience
A new multicriteria decision-making framework compares conventional drainage, rainwater harvesting and detention basins, revealing oversizing in design standards and hidden ...
Building Dense Cities Without Sacrificing Biodiversity: What Birds Reveal in Gothenburg
A study in npj Urban Sustainability uses bird observations in Gothenburg, Sweden, to examine how cities can pursue dense, compact ...
Can integrated ecological restoration mitigate urban heat? Evidence from China
China's most ambitious ecological restoration program, the Shan-Shui Initiative, appears to be gently cooling the country's cities, according to a ...
Beyond Flood Control: A Scoping Review Deciphering the Co-benefits of Nature-Based Flood Risk Reduction for Healthy Ageing in China
China's Sponge City program was conceived as an engineering answer to a hydrological problem: how to keep rapidly expanding urban ...
Well-Being Drivers Explored in Cape Town’s Informal Settlements
In the sprawling informal settlement of Monwabisi Park on Cape Town's south-eastern periphery, more than 43,000 residents live in over ...
Cross-city study integrates risk and feasibility to guide nature-based solution planning
Cities around the world are investing in nature-based solutions to confront rising temperatures, flooding, biodiversity loss, and the growing pressure ...
China study unveils framework tracking construction carbon in public building green spaces
Green space attached to public buildings is often presented as an uncomplicated climate solution: add vegetation to roofs, terraces, façades, ...
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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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