Current building codes do not include the most efficient way to keep houses standing and intact during tornadoes.
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We need more research and research capacity that’s better suited to current housing challenges. We must inform housing providers and policy-makers to provide solutions and evaluate those solutions.
People tend to pay attention when things get personal, so you need to know how climate change is damaging things in your life.
Houses built more than 20 years ago are likely to be more vulnerable to bushfires than newer builds. But there are some simple and inexpensive ways to reduce your risk.
A new study in Glasgow suggests latent anti-Pakistani sentiment may affect the house-moving decisions of white British homeowners.
According to experts, ladybirds are no more dangerous than they were before.
Home can be a slippery concept. But psychologists have long understood that it plays a huge role in self-identity and emotional well-being.
Without protection, Iran’s spectacular American- and Italian-designed mid-century structures will be reduced to dust, beams and concrete blocks.
Home owners and first time buyers are right to be confused, so how should you play expected changes to a low rates environment?
Bigger houses take more energy to build them, and use more energy.
As domestic construction slows, Chinese property developers are starting to look overseas. The potential impacts are diverse, from property prices right through to regional diplomacy.
Top contributors
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Deputy Director, Australian National Centre for Public Awareness of Science, Australian National University
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Associate Professor in Construction and Environmental Assessment, The University of Melbourne
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Assistant Professor in Architectural Engineering, Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)
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Casual Academic, Western Sydney University
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Professor of Urban Economics and Social Statistics and Co-Director of the CDT in Data Analytics & Society, University of Sheffield
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Cornelia H. Dudley Professor of Psychology, Knox College
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Senior Lecturer in Economics, Australian National University
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Senior Lecturer in Economics, Sheffield Hallam University
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Postdoctoral research associate, Universidade do Porto
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PhD Researcher in Ecology, Anglia Ruskin University
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Professor, Department Chair of the Department of Health, Aging & Society, McMaster University
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Professor of Civil Engineering & ImpactWX Chair of Severe Storms Engineering, Western University
