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#1210712019-05-15
How cities could help animals fleeing climate change
(CNN)As the world gets warmer, many species are clinging to survival by fleeing their natural habitats in search of new homes.
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#1293172021-06-15
How cities can make urban forests accessible
Many people have developed stronger relationships with urban nature during the pandemic. Some have enjoyed views of nearby trees and gardens during periods of isolation, taken walks after Zoom-filled days or socialized at a distance with friends in local parks.
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#1231622019-11-28
How cities can lead the fight against climate change using urban forestry and trees (commentary)
After the United States pulled out of the 2016 Paris Climate Agreement, combating climate change at local scales in the U.S. has become increasingly important to meet greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction goals.
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#1212802019-06-12
How can city dwellers help with climate change? Buy less stuff.
The things we buy, eat, and use have a big impact on the climate—so it’s time to learn to consume a whole lot less.
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#1318392021-11-19
How can cities accelerate climate action to meet COP26 goals?
Last weekend, international negotiators approved the United Nations Glasgow Climate Pact at the 26th Conference of the Parties. Ashish Sharma, the Illinois research climatologist at the Illinois State Water Survey, spoke with News Bureau physical sciences editor Lois Yoksoulian about the takeawa ...
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#1277562021-03-22
How Mexico City Is Embracing Biodiversity
Wildlife and greenery aren’t Mexico City’s calling cards. But while the world’s fifth-largest metropolis is home to more than 21 million people, it’s also grounds for nearly 4,000 species of flora and fauna, and some 15 percent of its total area consists of national parks and other protected areas.
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#1321172021-12-09
How Durham University turned itself green
Institution jumps 66 places on People and Planet’s annual university sustainability league.
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#1197392019-02-04
Hong Kong's wild boar dilemma in the Chinese New Year of the Pig
One of the world's most densely populated cities, Hong Kong, is facing a proliferation of wild boars as the large mammals stray increasingly into built-up areas.
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#1316922021-11-15
Honey bees find food more easily in cities, thanks to abundant urban gardens
Despite living in a concrete jungle, London’s urban bees fly shorter distances to feast on nectar-rich flowers than their neighbors in the countryside—a counterintuitive discovery explained by the many lush gardens in the city, researchers reported recently in the Journal of Applied Ecology.
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#1332272022-02-15
Hiding in plain sight, ‘cryptic species’ may be all around us
On a warm evening in the spring of 2020, Jeremy Feinberg stood at the edge of a moonlit pond. He was on the Delmarva Peninsula, on the east side of Chesapeake Bay, an estuary in the eastern United States. “Chuck!” Feinberg called across the water. “Chuck! Chuck!” He cupped his hands behind his e ...
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#1186462018-10-24
Here’s how to design cities where people and nature can both flourish
Urban nature has a critical role to play in the future liveability of cities. An emerging body of research reveals that bringing nature back into our cities can deliver a truly impressive array of benefits, ranging from health and well-being to climate change adaptation and mitigation. Aside fro ...
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#1349872022-06-14
Here is a six-step decision framework to include nature-based solutions in city-planning
Cities are increasingly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, and put at risk many of the life-sustaining ecosystems on which communities and livelihoods depend.
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#1281252021-04-21
Helsinki invests in the protection of biodiversity
The city’s Biodiversity Action Plan will safeguard plants, species and their habitats. One of Helsinki’s greatest attractions is its beautiful and diverse nature. According to the municipality, over a third of the city’s area consists of forests, meadows, and parks. What is more, it is also well ...
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#1327792022-01-27
Hearts, cells and mud: How biology helps humans reimagine our cities in vexed times
Biological metaphors for the city abound in daily use. You may live close to an "arterial" road or in the "heart" of a metropolis. You may work in one of the city's "nerve centers" or exercise in a park described as the city's "lungs."
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#1225262019-10-04
Hazards mapping, history and the future of Rust Belt cities
Using geographic information systems (GIS) and archaeology to model industrial hazards in postindustrial cities to guide planning and development.
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#1192322019-01-03
Hanoi owns largest green spaces of all Vietnamese cities
Since 2016, Hanoi has developed a program to plant one million trees and so far the program has proven to be really effective, contributing to changing the landscape of the capital, creating trust for its residents about a green city in the future, Thuan said.
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#1235742020-01-06
Greener, healthier, more sustainable: why cities of the future need more biodiversity
Modern science has proven environmental factors heavily influence human health – which is why each and every one of us would benefit from an intact ecosphere with good quality air, water and produce. In fact, by changing the conditions in which we live, we might be able to improve our health and ...
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#1191962018-12-27
Green-feathered immigrant surge prompts Greek parakeet count
The raucous squawking comes first. Then they are seen, banking and diving before they crash-land on trees. If Greeks had been told, not long ago, that their skies would become the preserve of ring-necked parakeets, the response would have been one of incredulity.
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#1252552020-04-28
Green rooftops and permeable pavements can help reduce risks of floods
Now that we are finally taking a breather from water scarcity and rationing, we are confronting increased flood risks brought by the south-west monsoon, as evidenced by the recent floods in Petaling Jaya, Penang and Kedah. Echoing Sahabat Alam Malaysia president Meenakshi Raman’s call to create ...
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#1225562019-10-07
Green roofs improve the urban environment – so why don't all buildings have them?
Rooftops covered with grass, vegetable gardens and lush foliage are now a common sight in many cities around the world. More and more private companies and city authorities are investing in green roofs, drawn to their wide-ranging benefits which include savings on energy costs, mitigating the ri ...
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#1226492019-10-15
Green roofs can vastly improve city life, so why don’t we see more of them?
Rooftops covered with grass, vegetable gardens and lush foliage are now a common sight in many cities around the world. More and more private companies and city authorities are investing in green roofs, drawn to their wide-ranging benefits which include savings on energy costs, mitigating the ri ...
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#1260442020-12-07
Green jobs needed to make cities resilient against future crises
"If we adapt our cities at an early stage and make them resilient against future crises, we stand a much better chance and there are also economic gains," says Johan Colding, Director of Urban Studio at University of Gävle.
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#1247102020-03-17
Green Walls bridge gap between urban cities and nature
There is now a simple and easy way to remove pollution from the air, promote biodiversity and naturally control the temperature in your home – and it’s all thanks to a new community-focused resource designed to help urban dwellers go green.
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#1319152021-11-24
Global Environment for Cities - GEO for Cities: Towards green and just cities
Summary for city-level decision makers It is clear from the analysis provided in this second edition of GEO for Cities that cities have the potential to drive progress towards the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals. To achieve this, cities must be designed or redesigned to use re ...
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#1331932022-02-15
Giving Nature a Home in Cities: Bricks for Bees' Nests
Humanity's relationship with insects is ancient and complex. While they can spread disease and wipe out crops, they are also vital to our survival on Planet Earth, as pollinators and recyclers. Edward Osborne Wilson, a leading American biologist, stated in one of his articles that “If insects we ...
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#1349662022-06-14
Frog hotels: scientists build creative urban shelters to draw species back to Australian cities
Tadpoling is a thing of the past in many suburban creeks, as humans encroach on frogs’ territory. But there is a way to lure them back – frog hotels.
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#1310772021-10-22
Feature: Enlightening next generation to protect butterflies, trees for cities
Butterflies flit among flowers and excited kids run trying to catch the elusive, gorgeously clad beauties in a garden located on the outskirts of Colombo, the capital of Sri Lanka.
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#1226502019-10-15
Fall leaves on your lawn can improve soil, biodiversity and environment: experts
Leaves changing colour in the fall is a beautiful sign of transitioning seasons, but as they fall and gather on our lawns raking them up can be a daunting task for home owners. Lucky for those hoping to avoid tedious yard work, experts suggest leaving the rake in the shed and leaves on the ground.
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#1281652021-04-21
Explore nature and help Cape Town win the City Nature Challenge — here's how
The City of Cape Town will open several of its nature reserves to the public and has arranged free guided walks between April 30 and May 3. Residents have been urged to get out and explore nature to capture as many wild plants and animals as possible and help the city win this year's City Nature ...
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#1317652021-11-17
Electric cars alone won't save the planet. We'll need to design cities so people can walk and cycle safely
At the COP26 climate summit, world politicians patted themselves on their backs for coming to a last-minute agreement. Humanity now waits with bated breath to see if countries implement the commitments they made, and if those commitments help the planet.
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#1326552022-01-19
Earth Observations Toolkit for Sustainable Cities and Human Settlements
Cities around the world face numerous environmental hazards, such as extreme heat events, landslides, pollution, and flooding. Cities must monitor and address these hazards to reduce risks to, and enhance resilience of, their residents to climate change impacts.
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#1285802021-05-12
EFFEKT to present 'naturbyen' nature village at the venice architecture biennale 2021
Copenhagen-based studio EFFEKT has presented plans for a residential development that forms part of its contribution to the upcoming venice architecture biennale. Titled ‘naturbyen’, a name that translates as ‘nature village’, the project will see a field in denmark transformed into a completely ...
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#1291822021-06-10
Don’t feed the ducks: royal parks warn of bullying bird behaviour after lockdown
London’s royal parks are urging visitors to stop feeding bread to ducks because it is causing overcrowding and bullying among birds, the Guardian can reveal.
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#1354402022-07-26
Do Cities Hold the Key to Protecting Biodiversity?
From the smallest organism to the largest, all living things play unique roles that keep the earth in balance. With numerous functions spanning insects and birds that pollinate flowers to bear fruits, plants absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and producing oxygen to purify the air and ...
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#1281662021-04-21
Costa Rica’s Environmental Commitment Awarded by Unesco
Costa Rica’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed that the United Nations Organization for Science, Education and Culture (Unesco) has awarded the city of San José the Netexplo Linking Cities 2021 Award, in the category ‘Zero Carbon Objective’.
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#1252562020-04-28
Coronavirus: we're in a real-time laboratory of a more sustainable urban future
A pause has been forced on urban life. Quiet roads, empty skies, deserted high streets and parks, closed cinemas, cafés and museums—a break in the spending and work frenzy so familiar to us all. The reality of lockdown is making ghost towns of the places we once knew. Everything we know about ou ...
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#1251222020-04-16
Coronavirus: The wildlife species enjoying lockdown
As the UK enters it fourth week of lockdown, conservationists say they have seen some hidden benefits of the restrictions in the natural world.
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#1221432019-09-09
Civil Society Urges Inclusive, Resilient & Sustainable Urban Areas of the Future
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, USA, Sep 9 2019 (IPS) - The United Nations held its first major international conference in one of America’s mountain states, bringing scores of civil society organizations (CSOs) to discuss ways on making “cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustain ...
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#1352102022-07-05
Cities: how urban design can make people less likely to use public spaces
Urban beautification campaigns are usually sold to local residents as a way to improve their daily lives. Design elements—from lighting systems to signs, benches, bollards, fountains and planters, and sometimes even surveillance equipment—are used to refurbish and embellish public spaces.
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#1310692021-10-22
Cities' Answer to Sprawl? Go Wild.
In a neighborhood of right-angled stone, stucco and brick buildings not far from Milan’s central train station, two thin towers stand out. Green and shaggy-edged, they look like they’re made of trees. In fact, they’re merely covered in trees — hundreds of them, growing up from the towers’ stagge ...
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#1197652019-02-05
Cities should consider nature-based solutions to climate change
It's 2050 You walk out of the house. The day is shiny but not too hot. You know that the mirrors in orbit around the planet that reflect back sunlight keep the climate just perfect. On the way to work, from the window of your self-driving floating solar module, you gaze over a plant installed a ...
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#1192072018-12-27
Cities in 2018: Simple ideas, fancy urban tech
The SDGs and the New Urban Agenda remain a challenge for cities. Goal 11 of the SDGs, to build sustainable cities, has proved to be a particularly tough one for urban areas across continents.
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#1266422021-01-15
Cities can help migrating birds on their way by planting more trees and turning lights off at night
Millions of birds travel between their breeding and wintering grounds during spring and autumn migration, creating one of the greatest spectacles of the natural world. These journeys often span incredible distances. For example, the Blackpoll Warbler, which weighs less than half an ounce, may tr ...
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#1189832018-12-11
Cities can grow without wrecking reefs and oceans. Here’s how
“What happens if the water temperature rises by a few degrees?” is the 2018 International Year of the Reef leading question.
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#1226162019-10-10
Cities can fight climate change and improve lives by finding new ways to be cool
Life has always been hotter in cities.
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#1191562018-12-21
Cities are shrinking wildlife globally but we can fix this
Cities are homes for billions of people. By 2050 around 70% of the global population is predicted to live in urban areas. Yet as our cities grow, most species have an increasingly hard time surviving on this planet. A new report titled Nature in the Urban Century highlights the scale of the cha ...
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#1222982019-09-20
Cities are driving evolution at a rapid rate
In Montreal, red-backed salamanders sequestered in parks possess different genetic traits than those outside of the parks. In Tucson, house finches are developing longer and wider beaks to eat sunflower seeds from bird feeders, which are larger and harder to break than those found in nature.
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#1233442019-12-09
Cities and their rising impacts on biodiversity - a global overview
Cities and their rising impacts on biodiversity versity. To gain a clearer picture of the situation, an international group of scientists, including Professor Andrew Gonzalez from McGill’s Biology Department, surveyed over 600 studies on the impacts of urban growth on biodiversity. They publishe ...
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#1335262022-02-25
Choosing the right trees for a changing climate
In urban environments, trees are threatened by heatwaves and lack of rain, both predicted to increase in coming decades. Towns and cities are often home to a great diversity of trees, including those with a high tolerance of climate extremes, but species' selection criteria and climate-risk asse ...
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#1288802021-05-27
Can tiny forests breathe fresh air into our cities?
After gaining popularity across Asia, small, dense ecosystems are taking root in Europe's urban areas. Advocates say they improve biodiversity, air quality and even our well-being. But do they live up to the hype?