Living bridges
How traditional Indian building techniques can make modern cities more climate-friendlyCredit: Ferdinand Ludwig Inaccessible valleys and ravines lead from the ...
Tag: Urbanization
Finding out the factors that most influence the steel corrosion in reinforced concrete
Credit: Universidad de Córdoba Since the Egyptian pyramids and the Roman Coliseum were built, mankind has been searching for an ...
Hot town, springtime in the city: Urbanization delays spring plant growth in warm regions
Credit: Daijiang Li GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- The first appearance of bright green leaves heralds the start of spring, nudging insects, ...
Adults in lower walkability neighborhoods found to have a higher predicted cardiovascular risk
Individuals living in less walkable neighborhoods up to 33% more likely to have long-term cardiovascular risks: studyCredit: Unity Health Toronto ...
Research into how to create self-cleaning surfaces via 3D printing
Credit: Universidad de Córdoba (Spain) It is becoming more and more obvious that 3D printing is more than just an ...
Harmful emissions from traffic, trucks, SUVs: New national air pollution report
Study of near-road air pollution in Canadian cities raises questions about health risks to one-third of population living near a ...
Study: Tradeoffs between commute time, safety
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Urban commuters may be less likely to encounter automobile accidents if ...
Low temperature district heating: New plants for eight European cities
Eurac Research is leading a €15 million European project that will build innovative district heating networks and study business models ...
Toll roads are good for the environment, Russian scientists confirm
Researchers developed a method to calculate the number of stops trucks make along their routes; the method confirms that toll ...
UTA investigating best ways to protect coastal communities from rising sea levels
New strategies to ease coastal floodingCredit: UT Arlington As sea levels rise worldwide, coastal areas of the United States are ...
Urbanisation costs Edinburgh over 11 hectares of green land each year
Much of vegetation loss is due to private gardens being paved over or built onCredit: CEH Edinburgh is losing the ...
How bike sharing in Seattle rose from the ashes of Pronto’s failure
Credit: Peters and MacKenzie/Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice In October 2014, Seattle launched Pronto, a docked bike-share program. ...
NUS SDE4 receives international recognition for building designed to improve health and wellness
The state-of-the-art net-zero energy building is the first university building in the world to be WELL Certified™ Gold, and the ...
Teams of mobile 3D printing robots could fix bridges on Earth and build them to Mars
Credit: NYU Tandon BROOKLYN, New York, Wednesday, October 2, 2019 - Commercial 3D printing -- or additive manufacturing (AM) -- ...
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