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Cities and Climate change: Challenges & Opportunities
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As Antarctica melts, more freshwater flows into the oceans leading to the slowing of the #antarctica overturning circulation and deep ocean warming, which would lead to significant global ramifications for ocean ecosystems, climate, and sea-level rise.
Torrents of Antarctic meltwater are slowing the currents that drive our vital ocean 'overturning' – and threaten its collapse
In a plot reminiscent of the 2004 movie The Day After Tomorrow?, Australian scientists are warning that the Southe...
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In #mexico, shared streets are designed with alternative elements to transform the road space into a public space. Eliminating signage, curbs, and other control devices added to integrating textures, pavements, and urban furniture.
“Shared Streets; Meeting Streets”, an Urban Intervention to Rethink Public Space
A project by dérive LAB with a focus on urban design that seeks to spatially transform the street so that it is governed by human relations.
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Cities will bear a disproportionate amount of the effects of climate change. They are increasingly vocal advocates of climate action. Building resilience & inclusion in cities provides a foundation to tackle the impact of climate anomalies.
https://www.citiesforum.org/news/cities-and-climate-change-challenges-opportunities/
The city of #sanfransisco is experiencing gentrification leading to rising inequality in the region. Neighborhoods are turning into shanty towns. From the point of view of #urbanplanning, there have been a series of culminating factors. Let us read :
https://tomorrow.city/a/why-is-san-francisco-unable-to-stop-its-homelessness-problem
To identify how people experience public spaces, heart rate changes reveal significant differences, women tended to have higher stress levels in the narrow pedestrian streets. In contrast, men were more stressed by parks, gardens, and shopping streets.
Parks stress men and narrow streets stress women: what emotions does the city awaken?
A pioneering study has identified how public spaces are emotionally affected by gender.
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The demographic situation has become a decisive agent & has a crucial impact on our cities. Overpopulation has been a threatening problem for some countries, whereas some regions are experiencing negative population growth. https://tomorrow.city/a/how-can-declining-birth-rates-affect-cities
The Austrian capital Vienna, highlights this year’s #cycling plan to expand the city's cycling infrastructure. The city authorities plan to bring an additional 20 km of network and expand the connection from the heart of the city to rural Lower #Austria.
Vienna expands bike infrastructure – 20 km for 2023 | TheMayor.EU
Vienna announced development plans for expanding the cycling network in the city, increasing bike infrastructure and a...
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The first #un2023waterconference is taking place in New York on 22-24 March. The conference has five themes supporting #UN Sustainable Development Goal 6: ensuring the sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.
What is the UN Water Conference and why is it so important? Two experts explain
The first UN Water Conference for five decades takes place in March, co-hosted by the Netherlands and Tajikistan. ...
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Public transportation is evolving at a rapid pace in #portugal. To encourage ridership and improve sustainability, concerned authorities are promoting digitization and electrification of Portugal’s public transit.
https://www.smartcitiesworld.net/transport-hubs/optibus-supports-digitisation-of-public-transit-in-portgual-8774
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