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Illinois passed the latest law requiring new apartment buildings to be wired for EV chargers. Now apartment communities are figuring out the best ways to make shared charging work for everyone.
Kenya’s experienced fast population growth and urbanisation - this has brought about some big challenges.
A new report lays out steps communities can take to help their residents survive heat waves as the risk of dangerous temperatures rises.
African catfish can be prepared for sale in canned form, which is more attractive to consumers.
Animals and plants living in cities are more likely to thrive when they are able to quickly adapt to urban conditions.
The Los Angeles area has over 20,000 active, idle or abandoned oil wells. The city and county have voted to ban new ones after studies showed health problems in residents living nearby.
Climate change is colliding with old factory sites where soil or water contamination still exist, and the most vulnerable populations are particularly at risk.
Artificial light is upending trees’ ability to use the natural day-night cycle as a signal of seasonal change.
North America’s 2021 extreme heat event should compel governments to scale innovations from leading cities and countries to advance resilient, restorative and renewable cities.
New research shows using social media can provide a much-needed boost to UK farmers’ wellbeing, connectedness and mental health, and even bank balances.
Governing a city like Lagos, with deep-seated socioeconomic inequalities, is not a job for the fainthearted.
Addis may be shaping up to look like the modern city that the government wants, but it is yet to meet the needs of most residents.
Photos from the early 1900s show LA’s forests of oil derricks. Hundreds of wells are still pumping, and research shows how people living nearby are struggling with breathing problems.
In ABC’s ‘Abbott Elementary,’ Philadelphia schoolteachers go above and beyond for their students – just like real-life urban schoolteachers do every day, says one scholar.
New research suggests gamifying neighbourhoods could encourage people to travel more actively.
Researchers say educators told them that immigrant students are sometimes made to believe they will be deported. Why? One reason is educators didn’t want them to drag down their school’s test scores.
We are at a tipping point between high-carbon transport and a new world of fewer cars and more walking and cycling.
Here’s how reflective pavement works and what cities need to think about.
A sociologist asked public high school teachers to draw maps of the neighborhood where they teach. Those with more detailed maps also made stronger cultural connections with their students.
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Associate Professor of Environmental and Occupation Health, University of California, Irvine; University of Southern California
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Professor, Environmental Studies Program at UC Santa Barbara
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Professeur titulaire, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
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University of Manchester
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Associate Professor and Principal Fellow in Urban Risk and Resilience, The University of Melbourne
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University of Manchester
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Assistant Professor of Rural Sociology and Demography, Penn State
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PhD Candidate in Urban Planning, Design and Policy | Urban welfare researcher, York University, Canada
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Professeur agrégé, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
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Research Officer, African Population and Health Research Center
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Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, Boise State University; United Nations University
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Lecturer, Management Discipline Group, University of Technology Sydney
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Reader, Anglia Ruskin University
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Director of the Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH), United Nations University
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Professor Spatial Transformation, Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Groningen