In its latest research note, grass roots development advocacy group YIMBY Melbourne has questioned claims by the planning ...

Unchecked urban development, energy poverty, and poor governance are creating dangerous microclimates for its most vulnerable citizens.

Urban explorers have returned to a town to look inside a former independent school before it is converted into flats and a medical centre.

Towers should be the built embodiment of Gulf cities' ambitions and values, both on the skyline and at street level, writes ...

Explore how smart cities are integrating digital, social, and environmental values to meet the World Bank's 2050 urban ...

Urbanization is an ongoing process that need constant monitoring and observation. In this manuscript we showcase the build-up changes within and around the city of Shanghai by using space-borne ...

Detection of urban land expansion is important for understanding the urbanization process and improving urban planning. Spatio-temporal contextual information derived from multitemporal ...

Across India, the scenes have become painfully familiar. Cars floating like paper boats, families wading through waist-deep ...

Bengaluru's urban growth leads to high temperatures, prompting policy recommendations to mitigate urban heat islands and ...

The NAMED project investigates various components of mental health and of the urban residential environment using complementary indicators. However, only indicators describing the physical and not the ...

Can cities continue to grow without destroying Earth? A new paper from ICTA-UAB, Spain, offers insight into this complex ...