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Urban Planning, the Government and a Changing World
When people think about urban planning, what comes to mind is usually the clerical and demographic side of the practice: zoning, utilities, residential density. The reality reaches considerably further.
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Urban Research · Cities and Climate Change
Cities and Climate Change
The primary focus of the Urban Research Symposium since 2009. There is collective agreement that global warming is driven in large part by what happens in dense urban settlements.
Urban Research · Urban Economy
Cities Fight to Create New Economy
The competition between cities to bring new development has increased sharply. The flight of industry and a shrinking tax base leave municipal governments with fewer instruments than a generation ago.
Urban Research · Energy
The Need for Energy Efficiencies in Cities
The economic health of today’s city is linked to energy consumption and to a building stock that was largely designed before efficiency was a design criterion at all.
Climate and Cities · Society
Social Aspects of Climate Change
Who carries the cost of a changing climate inside a city is not distributed evenly, and the pattern is predictable enough to plan against.
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Proceedings and commentary since 2009
The Urban Research Symposium brings together the work of planners, economists and climate researchers on the same object: the city as it is actually built.
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Urban Planning the Government and a Changing World
When people think about urban planning, usually what comes to mind is the more clerical and demographic view of the practice. Subjects such as zoning, …
Cities Fight to Create New Economy
During this sluggish economic climate the competition between cities to bring new development has drastically increased. The flight of industry as wel …
Social Aspects of Climate Change
To understand the vulnerability of urban populations to climate change, it is imperative to first understand what constitutes vulnerability. With resp …
The Need For Energy Efficiencies in Cities
Cities are one of the most important part of a country’s economy. The economic health and growth of today’s city is linked to energy consumption a …
Urban Research Symposium
Cities and climate change have been the primary focus of the Urban Research Symposium since 2009. There is collective agreement among the worlds leadi …
Cities and Climate Change
Climate change is a worldwide phenomenon in which there is a rise in the temperatures. Rise in temperatures can result into rise in sea levels. Extrem …