Building a culture of cycling is essential, especially where bike use is low. A global movement of community bike workshops, also known as bike kitchens, can help.
Nearly half of people in the UK report experiencing loneliness.
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With projections that 68% of the world’s population will be living in cities by 2050, it’s important we tackle loneliness now before it becomes epidemic.
California has been through two straight year of drought, and water supplies are limited.
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Long before climate change was evident, California began planning a system of canals and reservoirs to carry water from the mountains to drier farms and cities. It’s no longer enough.
New research has found that low-rise urban environments are more space and carbon efficient than high-rise buildings which have a drastically higher carbon impact.
Flooding is seen in the Manayunk section of Philadelphia after the remnants of Hurricane Ida, Sept. 2, 2021.
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More than half of the world’s population lives in cities, and that share is growing. Rapid climate change could make many cities unlivable in the coming decades without major investments to adapt.
When food trucks start rolling up, developers usually aren’t far behind.
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Hot, humid population centers are becoming epicenters of heat risk as climate changes worsens. It’s calling into question the conventional wisdom that urbanization uniformly reduces poverty.
A woman prepares to pack her belongings during an eviction process at a homeless encampment in Toronto last June.
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As we push for a real solution — an increase in housing supply and related supports — the encampment evictions must stop. We need to make encampments unnecessary.
People living with disabilities have been inordinately impacted by the pandemic.
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Two urban policy experts explain why taking down highways that have isolated low-income and minority neighborhoods for decades is an important part of the pending infrastructure bill.
Underground and underwater.
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Images of water gushing into subway stations filled social media following heavy rain in New York City. Solutions are at hand – but it takes money and political will, an expert explains.
A police officer patrols Trinity Bellwoods Park in Toronto in May 2020.
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The increasing prevalence of white LED streetlamps spells worrying population declines for insects like moths.
The village of Westport, Ont., northeast of Kingston, is like many vibrant rural communities in Canada that deserve to be heard on election day.
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Whether Canada is able to address the most pressing challenges of the next several generations requires the full participation and support of rural people and places.
The Marble Arch Mound has been dubbed the “worst attraction” in London.
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