A team led by researchers from Cardiff University has shown that the majority of cities around the world will not be able to reduce instances of heatwaves and flooding at the same time through the introduction of strategies such as green roofs, living walls, vegetated urban spaces and parks. Publishing their
Tag: Urban Development
Large parks are essential for happy cities
Cities should feature 'compact' development alongside large, contiguous green spaces to maximise benefits of urban ecosystems to humans, according to new research led by the University of Exeter. More than half the world’s population now lives in cities. As numbers continue to swell, decision-makers across the globe grapple with how best
