Vertical forests are buildings that integrate natural resources like trees, shrubs, and food-producing plants into spaces that can also be used as housing or offices.
urban geography
Human Geography
The Geography of Borrowing Size
Towns can literally ‘borrow size’ from other urban locations, boosting their economic opportunities and capabilities by using the fact they are located near large towns and can leverage these networks to be more economically robust.
Human Geography
Urbanization Makes the Surrounding Atmosphere Drier
Researchers in southern China have analyzed the impact of urbanization on local climates, known as the urban dry island (UDI) effects.
Human Geography
With Only Numbers and No Street Names, This Norwegian Town is Confusing Tourists
A Norwegian municipality decided to only give the chalets in a development numbers with no corresponding street names.
Human Geography
What is Necrotecture?
Necrotecture is an urban planning coined termed by Rowland Atkinson to describe the “dead residential space” created by a high density of mostly vacant residential dwellings.
Human Geography
Will Self-Driving Cars Make Traffic Worse?
A study by the World Economic Forum and Boston Consulting Group took a look at how the introduction of self-driving cars, or autonomous vehicles (AVs) in Boston might affect future traffic in the city.
Human Geography
Review | The Nocturnal City
Robert Shaw’s newly published book, The Nocturnal City, is an effort to delve into the city at night which is a “very different time-space from day.”
Human Geography
Review | A History of the Future
The History of Future presents a survey of the history of futuristic predictions from the nineteenth century on through the first two-thirds of the twentieth, in the English-speaking world
Geography Fun
Delicious Geography: Chocolate City Maps
The geometric designs of these chocolate bars are meant to evoke the urban patterns of Beijing, Paris, Berlin, and Barcelona.
Human Geography
Visualizing the Impact of Gentrification
Graphic designer Herwig Scherabon has developed a book visualizing the impacts of gentrification in a number of cities in the United States and United Kingdom. Combining public access data and research with crisp visuals, Scherabon illustrates the spatial distribution of gentrification and examines the different issues at play.
Human Geography
Defining Urban Sprawl
The urban sprawl concept caused researchers to dive into figuring out what city in the world is the biggest based on the size of its urban sprawl.
Human Geography
Using Green Space to Reduce Water Pollution
Researchers have used satellite data to analyze images for areas that should be protected as green spaces which in turn help protect Atlanta’s water supply.