Wooden housing boom needed to boost climate goals, says new study – but is it possible?, The Conversation (Aug 30, 2022)
Jan-Jun 2022[edit | edit source]
Human disruption to Earth’s freshwater cycle has exceeded the safe limit, our research shows, The Conversation (Jun 27, 2022)
Imagine we designed our cities on Seven Generations principles - actively stewarding our places for the future, The Daily Alternative (Jun 26, 2022)
More flowers, fewer cars: the rewilders turning parking spaces into parks, The Guardian (Jun 22, 2022) — Across the UK and Europe, the ‘parklet’ movement is gaining pace, transforming dead spaces where cars used to be into pockets of green
Cities need to be redesigned for the climate crisis. Can they make us happy, too?, theguardian.com (Mar 28, 2022)
Concrete fuels climate change – but there’s a nature-friendly way to defend coasts from rising seas, The Conversation (Mar 22, 2022)
As sea levels rise, coastal megacities will need more than flood barriers, The Conversation (Mar 15, 2022)
2021[edit | edit source]
Bauhaus in Africa: the hospital in sweltering Senegal inspired – and funded – by the Albers, Nov 11[1]
Colombia's Medellin plants 'green corridors' to beat rising heat, Jul 28[2]
Car Free Cities for climate and health, wen.org.uk (Jun 21, 2021) — and why climate justice is a feminist issue.
2020[edit | edit source]
Waltham Forest building a 15-minute borough, Dec 21[3]
It looks like the pandemic is helping us to move our business into the streets - and killing the urban car along the way, Oct 15[4]
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Barcelona's car-free 'superblocks' could save hundreds of lives, Sep 10[5]
Bologna pioneers a model of municipal housing cooperative, May 28[6]
Bristol reveals plans to pedestrianise historic centre in Covid-19 revamp, May 21[7]
The fifteen-minute city: imagine being only that far away from any major amenity. Paris is going there, Mar 4[8]
'The streets are more alive': Ghent readers on a car-free city centre, Jan 20[9]
The case for ... making low-tech 'dumb' cities instead of 'smart' ones, Jan 15[10]
See also[edit | edit source]
- Urban sustainability news (latest), 2020-2022, 2018-2019, 2017, 2015-2016, 2010-2014
- Urban sustainability
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