Increasing fire risks in cities worldwide under warming climate Although urban fire incidents cause enormous casualties due to dense population concentrations, the risks from these incidents under a warming climate remain unknown. This study analyzed a global database of urban fire incidents to quantif...
regular layout, whereas growing up outside cities or in cities with a higher street network entropy (for example, Prague) led to better results at more entropic video game levels. This provides evidence of the effect of the environment on huma...
World View | 21 January 2025 Why we still don’t know the mounting health risks of climate change Persistent exposure to heatwaves, droughts, wildfires and more will take a toll on people’s bodies. We must learn how this will manifest. Dann Mitchell News | 21 January 2025 What Tru...
The world’s cities are growing rapidly as people from peripheral regions move in search of economic opportunities7. Urbanization and economic development have traditionally gone hand in hand as cities enable agglomeration economies8, for instance, by matching employers and job seekers, sellers and buy...
lives lived alongside nature. His grandfather knew how to find his way home using just the valley’s reed plants for navigation. Seeing his own generation losing themselves in big cities, Qi wonders whether, and how, they can...
The 100 world cities from which TNOC visits have most often come. TNOC was founded in 2012and is led by Dr. David Maddox (New York City), with thanks to and inspiration from Mike Houck of Portland, Oregon, USA. Write to us atTNOC-Admin@thenatureofcities.com. ...
AROUND THE WORLD… Email Address THE NATURE OF GRAFFITI This is the nature of graffiti. It facilitates speech. It speaks to us. It stakes claims and makes statements. It tells stories. The Nature of Cities hosts a public gallery about the graffiti and street art that motivates us in public...
individuals. Second, we find that the increased socioeconomic segregation in large cities arises because they offer a greater choice of differentiated spaces targeted to specific socioeconomic groups. Third, we find that this segregation-increasing effect is countered when a city’s hubs (such as ...
Her illness wasNature's way of telling her to do less. 她的疾病是天意在告诉她不要太劳累。 牛津词典 It's not in hisnatureto be unkind. 他天生不会刻薄。 牛津词典 She is very sensitive bynature. 她生性很敏感。 牛津词典 We appealed to his betternature(= his kindness) . ...
The Nature of Cities Festival, is an event that uniquely blends elements of a conference, art exhibition, and retreat, all centered on urban nature. SPROUT POETRY JOURNAL ISSUE 4: CARE This latest issue includes works that interrogate the modes of engaging with others in (urban and natural) ...