Cities & Planning

Beginning Monday outside Chiloquin, 20 trainees will learn the role of fire in managing the landscape.

How do you visualize every human that has ever lived in the last 2 million years? Max Roser with Our World in Data had the idea to turn us all into grains of sand within an hourglass, and to equate the passing of people to the passing of time. The Humanity Today and Humanity’s Past infographic h

The greatest mode of transportation is the funicular, which is a special kind of train pulled by a cable that runs up steep slopes. But trains are great even when they’re not going up treacherous terrain. And in that spirit: here are some of the most ambitious, fascinating, and downright crazy trains that the world

The "most overlooked climate solution" can now work in freezing temperatures.

Most new large apartment and commercial buildings must install heat pumps under the state's new energy code.

What grows here changes everything.

This is a reblog/translation of a post by Héctor García… During the 80s in the United States, Japan was started to be seen as the

400 years after the Spanish banned it, amaranth is making a comeback in Mexico as a high-nutrition staple that's also resistant to climate change.

Uri: I'm excited to talk today with Abe Callard, who edited our wonderful video-recommending Viewer newsletter that wrapped up last week. Abe, after two years of choosing videos, can you tell us what you’ve learned about the world of YouTube? Abe: If you want more views and more engagement,

As the city celebrates the event's 60th anniversary, we look back at plans that never happened — including a floating island, a huge dome and an Atlantic City-style boardwalk.

International design and innovation office CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati, Office for Living Architecture (OLA), and non-profit organization GAL Terre del Po unveil The Tree Path, an elevated bicycle route that runs in-between trees, resting on two parallel rows of plants that act as pillars. Set in the Italian countryside, the project leads to Sabbioneta – one […]

Build your city, filling it with skyscrapers and utilities, but be sure to create the perfect layout, or those features might end up counting against your final score! Designed by Phil Walker-Harding

Water main ages reflect the nation’s growth

Archaeological research highlights how Indigenous communities practiced sustainable fishery management over thousands of years.

Plant-covered roofs have become a regular sight in Portland, Oregon. The city is a leader in incorporating green infrastructure for stormwater management, including free street trees, rebates for small residential housing footprints, and green roofs.

Koreana Mafune studies the rich diversity of canopy soils in the tops of old growth forests in the Olympic rainforest.

A heat battery based on salt and water is ready for its first real-world tests. Why could this be a 'game changer' in the energy transition?

The “urban heat island effect” creates extra-hot temperatures that kill. But cities can prescribe powerful treatments, like green spaces and reflective roofs.

The number of people — particularly younger Americans — looking for their own apartments is squeezing an already tight housing market. Here is how rents are going up in your area.

Can gravity, pressure, and other elemental forces save us from becoming a battery-powered civilization?

BrightDrop and FedEx drove an electric van from NYC to DC—then let Ars have a try.

Explore nightly migration data in your region

Urban fabric - Designing Buildings - Share your construction industry knowledge. The term ‘urban’ relates to cities and settlements of high population and infrastructure density. Urban areas are distinct from rural areas which are more sparsely spread, often surrounded by open countryside or agricultural land, and with lower population densities. The Home Quality Mark suggests an urban area is one with a population of 10,000 people or more, located within a tract of predominantly built-up land.

Urban fabric is the physical form of towns and cities. Like textiles, urban fabric comes in many different types and weaves.