Taking this step may improve the quality of life for vulnerable people and reduce the amount of air conditioning they use, making their neighborhoods less prone to power outages.
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It's not all bad news at Bonn – with low carbon precincts, living infrastructure and urban networks, cities are leading the charge against climate change.
Residents often have concerns about informal green space but some still use it. Work to enhance these areas should aim to resolve these concerns without destroying what residents do value.
Drains take up precious but inaccessible open space in our cities. Converting these to living streams running through the suburbs could make for healthier places in multiple ways.
The US wants to invest in more infrastructure to handle our rainfall and melted snow. Stormwater credits could help cut costs and protect the environment.
The American Society of Civil Engineers gives US infrastructure a D+. What is it that we're doing wrong?
If infrastructure is to meet the needs and challenges of an uncertain future, we need to move beyond the AAA ratings mindset and aim for net-positive social and ecological outcomes as well.
Greening cities that are becoming denser is a major challenge. City-dwellers' health benefits from both well-designed green spaces and urban density, so we must manage the tensions between them.
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Recently published research has found that the concentration of poorer people in hotter places is a real problem for cities' capacity to cope with climate change.
As the U.S. braces for potential landfall of Hurricane Matthew, our experts weigh in on hurricanes, the need for resilient infrastructure and climate change.
Climate change stands to hit Africa the hardest. That's why green industrialisation is critical to help keep the continent's greenhouse gas emissions low.
Cutting-edge urban foresters argue not only for the intrinsic value of trees but also for the many economic and health benefits.
Green infrastructure can be delivered relatively easily using existing planning processes. The main obstacle could be psychological: planners are wary of disruption to embedded practices.
It seems like a 'no brainer' to use urban greening to help cities adapt to increasing heat, but the uptake of green infrastructure, such as trees and vegetated roofs, surfaces and walls, is slow. Why?
When communities are surveyed, green infrastructure is usually high on their list of urban planning priorities. But until now planners have lacked tools to quantify the long-term benefits.
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Professor of Human Geography and Planning, University of Tasmania
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Lecturer in Urban and Environmental Planning, Griffith University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Sustainability, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney
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Professorial Research Fellow, Victoria University
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Chair of Urban & Regional Planning and Director of Canberra Urban & Regional Futures, University of Canberra
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Vice Chancellor's Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University
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Collaborative Research Fellow, Centre for Strategic Economic Studies, Victoria University
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Chair, Smart Cities Research Institute, Swinburne University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography, Sheffield Hallam University
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Senior Vice President for Agriculture and Natural Resources and Professor of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida
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Senior Research Fellow, Healthy Liveable Cities Group, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University
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Research Fellow, Healthy Liveable Cities Group, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University, RMIT University
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Senior Lecturer in Environmental Management, University of Tasmania
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Research Fellow in the Victorian Institute for Strategic Economic Studies, Victoria University
