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For biodiversity, it’s not just about switching off street lighting, it’s about knowing when and where to turn the lights off.
New research reveals that the adverse environmental and health impacts of atmospheric dust in the world’s rapidly growing megacities deserve far more attention.
Historic buildings are worth preserving not only for their architectural significance but their scenic quality.
Urban studies is a relatively new academic field of study. This raises the question of what the field actually is.
There are many good reasons to reform zoning, but reducing the cost of housing is definitely not one of them. Other strategies are far more effective in achieving this goal.
Tree and bird diversity has been linked to a number of positive mental health outcomes. It is time that urban planners interested in human well-being take biodiversity into account.
Demolitions in Addis Ababa have become common as the state seeks to attract private and foreign capital to modernise the city.
Oblivion’s exploration of the empty spaces and lives created by urbanism can come close to indulging an overly familiar fantasy of high-rolling disconnection. But in places, it’s strikingly beautiful.
Contemporary characterisations of squatters and street vendors as a “nuisance” reproduces colonial urbanism ideas of hygiene and order.
Canada’s cities must be planned around resident
health and well-being, our research reveals the key barriers to developing truly healthy cities.
From lit-up orbs to bland office blocks, cities are full of buildings that people do or do not like. What really shapes how they live – for better or for worse – is urban planning.
The famous French anthropologist, world-renowned for his theory of non-places and his analyses of the “overmodern” city, died during the summer.
The interplay between diversity and urban planning in Sudan has created vibrant cityscapes, but also led to segregation and division.
We need deep-time African urban history and theories to make sense of contemporary urban life and anticipate its future possibilities in African terms.
One visionary modernist architect saw play spaces as crucial to the 20th-century city. But they have to be cared for in order to survive.
Belfast’s peacewalls are psychological reminders of the sectarian divisions that have long existed in the city.
A pioneering study has identified how public spaces are emotionally affected by gender.
Urban spaces are a repository of people’s beliefs, memories and collective conscience.
City living and country living both have their benefits and downsides when it comes to mental health.
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Associate professor of Architecture, University of the Witwatersrand
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Directeur de l'agence Villes Innovations, Chercheur associé au laboratoire PACTE (Université de Grenoble), Co-fondateur du Laboratoire d’usages culture(s)-art-société (LUCAS), Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)
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Professor, Urban Studies and Professor of Resource and Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University
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Professor of Planning, School of Built Environment, UNSW
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Ingénieure de recherche en hydrologie, Inrae
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Professor of Landscape Ecology, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ
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Rédacteur en chef, coordination internationale et technique, The Conversation France
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Senior lecturer, Université de Genève
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Ingénieur de l’agriculture et de l’environnement, Inrae
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Ph.D student, Université Paris Dauphine – PSL
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Enseignante chercheuse en Economie au CREG à l'UGA, Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)
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Head of Urbanism and Associate Professor of Urban Studies, School of Architecture, Design and Planning, University of Sydney
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Ingénieur de recherche en prévision hydrologique, Inrae
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Senior Research Fellow, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW Sydney, UNSW
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Professor, Urban & Regional Planning, School of Planning, Design and Construction, Michigan State University