Nestled in New York City’s Greenwich Village, Public School 41 differs from its neighboring buildings in a way that’s both profound and only visible from above. Unlike the flat, gray roofs adorning ...

The Sustainable Urban Design Handbook gathers the best sustainability practices and latest research from the fields of architecture, landscape architecture, planning, development, ecology, and ...

The future of urban green space might be written in code, according to research in the International Journal of Reasoning-based Intelligent Systems. The age-old image of the landscape architect, ...

Urban green spaces, which include parks, community gardens and forested enclaves within cities, are increasingly recognised as vital contributors to mental health. As urbanisation intensifies, these ...

Jogging and walking paths are great for outdoor exercise and exploring nature. Brittany Mason (UF/IFAS) (Brittany Mason, University of Florida) Across the United States, more than 440 national parks ...

Landscape architect Dennis Pappas is the subject of a newly released spotlight article that explores his career, design philosophy, and the impact of sustainable urban spaces. With over 20 years of ...

The 2023 Shanghai Urban Design Challenge (SUDC), a significant initiative in the collaboration between the Ministry of Natural Resources of the People’s Republic of China and the Shanghai Municipal ...

Jose Antonio Lara-Hernandez does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant ...

Cardinal Land Conservancy recently started managing the property at McMicken and Marshall avenues in the CUF neighborhood. A local land trust is working to protect green space in the heart of ...

The Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) has unveiled a new tool: the Healthy Urban Design Index (HUDI). The HUDI is a composite index that evaluates 917 European cities based on 13 ...

As cities continue to expand and urban populations grow, air pollution has emerged as one of the most pressing environmental and public health challenges of ...