Beyond cooling, green walls also enhance urban biodiversity. The researchers found that plant-covered facades hosted over 100 ...

The city offers a different perspective at various crossroads. (Courtesy of Dionne Co), Author provided (no reuse) Whereas urban studies has existed as an undergraduate program option since the ...

The financial incentives were powerful, and not just for developers; Chinese city governments can get half or even more of their local revenue from selling land rights. Urban design niceties were ...

Explore sponge cities: nature-based solutions for urban flooding that enhance resilience and reduce costs through innovative ...

According to the authors of new study published by Arup, city design is playing ... out there to help bring urban temperatures down, from green roofs to different colour road surfaces.

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In this episode of “Bruin to Bruin,” Professor Dana Cuff from the UCLA School of Architecture and Urban Design discusses her ...

Governing Compact Cities investigates how governments and other critical actors organise to enable compact urban growth, combining higher urban densities, mixed use and urban design quality ...

When the Earth Began to Look at Itself - Desert X Installation / Syn Architects. Image © Laurian Ghinitoiu While these modern homes remain influential in ...

Urban studies is sometimes considered a loosely defined interdisciplinary academic domain, lacking the scientific rigor needed to understand cities. In Canada, urban studies is a little more than ...