In a major homelessness ruling, the Supreme Court holds that cities and municipalities can punish people for sleeping outside, even when they have nowhere else to go.
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A study in Detroit finds large areas without pet resources, mainly in lower-income and minority neighborhoods. Better access to supplies and services could help owners and animals thrive together.
A traffic engineer argues that, contrary to his profession’s view, ‘human error’ is not the main cause of deaths in car crashes in the US.
The new level won’t trigger automatic cleanups, but it sets a lower threshold for taking precautions to reduce lead exposure.
The answer depends in part on where you live. If it’s extremely hot and humid, the health risks are much higher.
Turning excess office space into apartments isn’t a panacea for the housing shortage, but it’s producing thousands of new units yearly and is more sustainable and economical than new construction.
Framing dissent and poverty as a menace to public order can threaten fundamental rights, particularly when it’s used to justify the deployment of predictive technology.
Two recent research documents provide a substantial basis for assessing how the draft policy shapes up and identifying where it falls down.
New Zealand tends to focus on big infrastructural projects such as tunnels or light rail to change cities. But there are cheaper ways to add public spaces to urban design.
City parks are like outdoor living rooms: If people feel welcome and relaxed, they will settle in.
Your home was designed for another era, here’s what’s needed now.
Public health measures during the COVID-19 pandemic precipitated a huge shift to online work, drastically affecting office space and business districts. However, data shows that this may be changing.
US cities are doing green infrastructure, but in bits and pieces. Today’s climate-driven floods require a much broader approach to create true sponge cities that are built to soak up water.
Tax dollars don’t always go to the communities that need them most.
Too much pavement and old drainage systems are just two of the problems communities face.
The scaling back of Saudi Arabia’s colossal Line project from a 170 km long linear city to only 2.4 km is a clear warning to the viability of other urban mega-projects in a warming world.
People who enter the US as refugees or with asylum generally adapt quickly and become productive members of society. But cities need help getting them settled and employed.
The strategy seems to offer the best of both worlds – live in a place you can’t afford to buy while getting a foot on the property ladder elsewhere. But it’s not a panacea for our housing market woes.
Philadelphia has a high rate of gun homicides despite having relatively few gun owners and gun stores compared with other US cities.
Love it or hate it, the ‘Acela Corridor’ has developed a widely recognized identity thanks to the trains that link it together.
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John Rennie Short is a Friend of The Conversation.Professor Emeritus of Public Policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Head of Urbanism and Associate Professor of Urban Studies, School of Architecture, Design and Planning, University of Sydney
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Professor of Sustainability, Curtin University
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Professor of Human Geography and Planning, University of Tasmania
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Professor of Urban Policy and Director, Urban Futures Enabling Impact Platform, RMIT University
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Senior Lecturer in Urban and Environmental Planning, Griffith University
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Transport and Cities Program Director, Grattan Institute
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Associate Professor in Urban Planning, The University of Queensland
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Emeritus Professor, University of Sydney
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Professor of Housing Research and Policy, and Associate Director, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Sydney
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Professor of Housing Research, University of Adelaide
