When engineers and planners design roads, bridges and dams, they rely on hydrological models intended to protect ...

Agencies must train staffs to address risk, ongoing or an unexpected incident such as the recent Interstate-10 fire in Los Angeles, Transportation Research Board experts said. Design-build has been a ...

As increasingly evident in 2023, with record incidents of heat and extreme weather, climate change represents one of the clearest and most present dangers to America and the world. As stated by the ...

As the world grapples with the threats of climate change, inclusively designed spaces and places are a key strategy in providing resilience—the ability to recover quickly from shocks and ...

Written by Pernille Maria Bärnheim Published on May 24, 2023 You are co-chairing Panel 1: Design for Climate Adaptation of the UIA 2023 CPH Science Track. What are the most urgent considerations to ...

Researchers around the world are working to find ways to make concrete greener, including at the University of Pennsylvania.

The benefits of fresh air have long been tied to health and productivity. But as we continue to examine the built environment’s role in climate change, its implications for reducing a building’s ...

Facing a future of climate change will demand drastic changes in the ways that we live. It will also require equivalent changes in the way we design. The energy it takes to construct buildings and ...

Tess Lea received funding from the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI 20/PRO/73237). She is affiliated with Healthabitat, a not-for-profit organisation which urges increased ...

Forecasters are warning the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, which started June 1, could be an above-average year, potentially producing up to 19 named storms and 5 major hurricanes, according to the ...

Land bridges provide safe passage for wildlife while connecting habitats. Gathering Place, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates. Image © Scott Shigley ...

A show at the Blanton Museum of Art set out to consider a world where greenhouse gasses turn the sky orange. Then a burning planet made it a reality. By Annabel Keenan Reporting from Austin, Texas ...