Enabling a circular economy in the built environment

A better understanding of construction industry stakeholders’ motivations can lead to greater adoption of circular practices.

CK Taylor | Climate and Sustainability Consortium • mit
Dec. 11, 2024 ~9 min

Wrong trees in the wrong place can make cities hotter at night, study reveals

While trees can cool some cities significantly during the day, new research shows that tree canopies can also trap heat and raise temperatures at night. The

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Dec. 10, 2024 ~6 min


Five ways you might already encounter AI in cities (and not realise it)

From facial recognition to delivery drones, cities around the UK are already trialling AI tech.

Noortje Marres, Professor in Science, Technology and Society, University of Warwick • conversation
Nov. 26, 2024 ~8 min

Airbnb rentals linked to increased crime rates in London neighbourhoods

Rising numbers of houses and flats listed as short-term lets on Airbnb are associated with higher rates of crimes such as burglaries and street robberies right

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Oct. 24, 2024 ~8 min

In despair about Earth’s future? Look for green shoots

The terrain ahead is full of challenges. But, glimmers of a better world are already here.

Heather Alberro, Lecturer in Sustainability, University of Manchester • conversation
Oct. 16, 2024 ~9 min

Ancient Rome had ways to counter the urban heat island effect – how history’s lessons apply to cities today

As summer temperatures rise, finding ways to build cities that don’t hold in the heat and can provide some cooling is increasingly important.

Brian Stone Jr., Professor of Environmental Planning, Georgia Institute of Technology • conversation
Aug. 19, 2024 ~8 min

A packed Baltimore trolley illustrates the ups and downs of US public transit

When US cities offered low-cost, high-quality public transit during World War II, buses and trains were full. Some cities are trying to revive that formula, after decades of disinvestment.

Nicholas Dagen Bloom, Professor of Urban Policy and Planning, Hunter College • conversation
Aug. 9, 2024 ~4 min

People tend to be less green on holiday – here’s how to change that

People tend to be less green on holiday that at home for various reasons.

Nicole Koenig-Lewis, Professor of Marketing, Cardiff University • conversation
Aug. 1, 2024 ~7 min


Buses weren’t the only civil rights battleground in Montgomery – the city’s parks still reflect a history of segregation

Montgomery once closed all of its parks rather than desegregate them. Today, the city’s long history of racial inequality is still reflected in the state of its parks and green spaces.

Binita Mahato, Assistant Professor of Community Planning, Auburn University • conversation
July 22, 2024 ~9 min

From the Clyde to the Seine, rediscovering Glasgow’s history of urban swimming could help shape the future of swimmable cities

Connecting the rich, and often unknown, histories of open swimming in urban waterways to the growing swimmable cities movement could help to shape the futures of urban swimming.

Lucy Janes, PhD Candidate, Literature and Languages, University of Stirling • conversation
July 18, 2024 ~7 min

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