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A new paper from the Next-Generation Cities Institute uses real-world examples to lay out the obstacles, opportunities and realities of sustainable real estate development.

Scientists have published new evidence showing that selective planting of vegetation between roads and playgrounds can substantially cut toxic traffic-derived air pollution reaching school children.

Taking excess carbon out of the atmosphere, where it is driving climate change, and locking it into the soil, where it improves its health and agronomic productivity, is the impetus behind a new five-year, $15 million project at The Ohio State University.

Dying reefs and once-vibrant corals that have since lost all colour: climate change is having massive effects on the architects of undersea cities.

As urban populations boom, urban agriculture is increasingly looked to as a local food source and a way to help combat inequitable food access and food deserts.