Simulations Show Aging Korean New Town Can Densify Without Losing Public Space
Mass simulations of 143 apartment complexes in South Korea's Bundang New Town indicate that high-density reconstruction up to 500% floor-area ...
Tag: sustainable urban planning
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 ...
Satellite Data Reveals Apartheid’s Ghost Still Shapes Where South Africa’s Arid Cities Grow
A twenty-year satellite analysis of South Africa's Northern Cape shows 78 percent of urban growth hugging mining corridors while communal ...
City Heat Is the Missing Variable in How We Design Buildings for a Hotter Future
A new study shows that standard weather files drawn from rural stations systematically underestimate urban overheating, and that combining future ...
How Far From the City Center? Satellite Rings Reveal Lucknow’s Hidden Land Deficit
A satellite-based analysis of Lucknow, India reveals residential land shortfalls of up to 41.68 percent across concentric zones around the ...
Rusting Giants Reborn: Science Map Reveals How Industrial Heritage Research Exploded Into a Global Sustainability Movement
A new bibliometric analysis of 1,206 publications maps how industrial heritage research surged after 2015 into three interconnected domains of ...
Thirty Years of Satellite Eyes Reveal an Indian City Swallowing Its Wetlands
A three-decade Landsat analysis of Ara city, India, shows urban expansion significantly eroding vegetation and wetland health while reshaping the ...
Satellites Reveal China’s Urban Waters Are Shrinking and Breaking Apart
A 24-year satellite analysis of the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei region shows urban blue spaces shrinking and fragmenting, with population and vegetation factors ...
Sustainability Scholar Vikas Khanna Takes the Helm of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Pittsburgh
The University of Pittsburgh has named sustainability scholar Vikas Khanna, interim chair since July 2025, as the permanent chair of ...
Satellites Reveal How an Indian Himalayan City Swallowed Its Farmland
A 22-year Landsat analysis shows Jammu City's built-up area grew 75 percent while farmland and dense vegetation steadily vanished.
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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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