A new study has shown that more vegetation is not automatically better.
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Annual temperatures are rising in Ghana’s capital, Accra.
Incorporating nature-based solutions can help cities meet both their development and climate change goals.
Trees provide shade and cool our cities, but poor management can make them a hazard.
Cities seeking to create greener, more liveable neighbourhoods can revitalise disused spaces in various ways. Encouraging and supporting communities is key.
Managed well, golf courses can bring nature back to our cities. Here’s how to balance the good and bad for urban biodiversity.
With children heading back to school at the height of summer, a recent study finds too many playgrounds need better tree cover.
New research puts a dollar value on the health benefits of visits to national parks within reach of the city. It works out to almost $100 worth of savings to the health budget for every visit.
It’s not enough to have parks in city outskirts or urban green belts. Green spaces must be accessible for residents and placed to provide effective flood protection for cities.
There are thousands of disused graveyards that could provide crowded cities with essential public green space.
Better urban planning can help stem the loss of birds by protecting and connecting the areas of habitat they need to survive.
New research underscores the need to counter the effects of urban growth on drought by ensuring cities have enough green spaces to keep them liveable.
While trees are beautiful and benefit the environment, the most practical argument for planting more is that they provide a clear public health benefit, both in the preventive and therapeutic sense.
Our cities are full of obstacles and hazards for native wildlife but also contain many valuable patches of habitat. Creating green spaces to connect these patches improves their lives and ours.
The tangle of greenery along railway lines, flowers growing on vacant lots, or unmown grassy patches under power lines, it turns out people in cities engage with nature in all these spaces.
City parks are like outdoor living rooms: If people feel welcome and relaxed, they will settle in.
A new study shows we can maximise the benefits of green roofs and rooftop solar systems by putting them together on the one roof.
A new report sets out the practical ways New Zealand can improve its urban resilience to flooding due to climate change. But time, rather than money, is of the essence.
A public survey found 86% of people want more space for nature in the city. The city council is already taking steps to add green space and increase biodiversity, which should boost public wellbeing.
The communities of Australia’s biggest cities could soon face the prospect of having nowhere to bury their loved ones. Four key changes are needed to avert the crisis.
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Architecture, Federal University of Technology, Akure
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Researcher Associate, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University
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Senior Research Fellow, Sheffield Hallam University
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Professor of Urban Health and Environment, UNSW
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Associate Professor & ARC Industry Fellow, Urban Ecology, Curtin University
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Professor of Cities and Planetary Health, ARC Future Fellow in nature-based solutions for loneliness, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Senior Research Associate, School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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PhD Candidate and Vanier Scholar, York University, Canada
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Senior Researcher in Ecology & Biostatistics (CNRS), Université de Picardie Jules Verne (UPJV)
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Lecturer in Planning, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor and ARC Future Fellow, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University
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Researcher, University of Cape Town