Urban

Hong Kong city. Credit: abdulrahman-cc/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Would You Live in a City Made of Bone?

University of Cambridge 28/06/2016

Some researchers think that the cities of the future...

A 17th-century folding screen depicting the early Edo period on the site of modern-day Tokyo. Credit: Wikipedia

In the World’s Biggest City, the Past Offers Lessons for Surviving the Future

Brendan Barrett and Marco Amati 23/06/2016

We ought to look at the history of Edo,...

Kamarajar Port has declared its intent to make land where water is. Source: Author provided

Chennai May Just Be Masterminding its Next Flooding Disaster

Nityanand Jayaraman 21/06/2016

Hidden away in two tables in an urban masterplan...

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More than ‘AMRUT’, Indian Cities Need Nature-Based Solutions to Revive Themselves

Sumetee Pahwa Gajjar 17/06/2016

Given the high level of economic inequality in the...

Badruddin Sarkar stands atop a five-metre-high embankment and points to the tree stump, where his home used to be before it was swallowed by the Bay of Bengal. Credit: Joydeep Gupta/Third Pole

What Will Keep the Sea at Bay?

Joydeep Gupta 30/05/2016

As sea levels rise due to climate change, planners...

Research on animals like the Black Sparrowhawk, using biomarkers, can help map how urbanisation affects animals. Credit: David Berliner/Flickr

How Rapid Urbanisation is Changing the Profile of Wildlife in Cities

Caroline Isaksson and Petra Sumasgutner 18/05/2016

Urbanisation is a new selective force that is changing...

Dubai. Credit: pisaphotography/shutterstock

UAE Wants to Build a ‘Rainmaking Mountain’ – Are We All OK With That?

Tim Kruger 10/05/2016

Even if the rainmaking mountain is not itself geoengineering,...