The combination of air pollution, dense urban development and limited green spaces increases the risk of asthma in both children and adults.

They’re on a mission to create a more sustainable and equitable food system in Chicago. The Urban Canopy is creating opportunities to change the way our food is grown, distributed, and ...

BEIJING -- China will consistently push forward its urban renewal projects with greater efforts, according to a set of ...

Use/Land Cover, Participatory Water Management, Climate Change Adaptation Share and Cite: Burgos-López, C. (2025) Understanding Urban Surfaces: Nature-Based Solutions (NbS) for Stormwater Management.

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The impacts are wide-ranging—spanning economic loss, traffic paralysis, public health concerns, ecological degradation, and the displacement of vulnerable urban populations. "Our findings ...

Cities have spurred growth in surrounding settlements, creating urban agglomerations or city-regions. This has involved diffusion of market, jobs, production, technology, and investments into the ...

A new study from Aalborg University in Denmark reveals that European hares (Lepus europaeus) are not only surviving—but thriving—in urban environments. Using a combination of citizen science ...

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Central to this transformation are the development of a national park system ... improvement of the urban environment. More broadly, it signals a rising public embrace of ecological values.