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Trees near cell towers show a strange pattern and scientists want answers

Across cities and suburbs, a curious pattern keeps turning up in aerial photos and field surveys alike: trees that stand ...
University of Delaware

Designing cities for 21st-century weather

Weather extremes, such as heatwaves and torrential rainfalls, are becoming more frequent and more intense across the United States under climate change. In late September of this year, flash-flooding ...
ArchDaily

The Type V City: Codifying Urban Material Inequity

Description via Amazon. The Type V City presents innovative research into urban material patterns, expanding the understanding of socio-economic and ecological vulnerability as influenced by building ...
Los Angeles Times

Angelenos like their single-family sprawl. The coronavirus proves them right

For nearly a century, Los Angeles’ urban form has infuriated urbanists who prefer a more concentrated model built around a single central core. Yet, in the COVID-19 pandemic, our much-maligned ...
webtv.un.org

From COP21 to the New Urban Agenda

Joan Clos is Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) and Secretary-General of the Habitat III Conference. December 2015, No. 3 Vol. LII, Sustainable Energy We ...
Fast Company

See these stunning geometric rugs inspired by city maps

Everyone has an emotional connection to cities, whether it’s where you were born, where you grew up, or where you met your significant other. For me, that would be Sofia in Bulgaria, Casablanca, and ...