Enhanced climate models reveal how our cities are driving and feeling the effects of climate change

Scientists have developed a new way to represent the world's cities in global climate and Earth system models (GCM & ESMs), ...
technologynetworks

AI System Models Urban Trees to Tackle Climate Change

Tree-D Fusion, developed by MIT, Google, and Purdue researchers, uses AI to create 3D models of urban trees, predicting growth under climate scenarios. These models aid city planning by anticipating ...
Medicine Buffalo

NSF Grant Funds UB Study on Economic Effects of Urban-Planning Strategies

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A major problem faced by urban planners is the unpredictability of planning outcomes. Until recently, it has been virtually impossible to know how a land-use or infrastructure ...
JSTOR Daily

Landscape structure influences urban vegetation vertical structure

1. Vegetation vertical structure is important for biodiversity and ecosystem service provision. In cities, however, while variation in the spatial extent and distribution of vegetation has been widely ...
JSTOR Daily

Commuting inequality, role of urban structure, and identification of disadvantaged groups in the Mexico City metropolitan area

Cities in developing countries are undergoing a vigorous urbanization process marked by deep social and economic inequalities, which are reflected in transportation. This study analyzes one-way ...
Chicago magazine

The Loop: Is the El a 'Universal Principle of Human Organization'?

What defines Chicago? Physically, I mean. It's a vast, flat expanse of land, and if you were designing it from scratch, SimCity style, it could look like anything: an ice cream cone, a Jackson Pollock ...