Urban Trees, Insects, and Monitoring
Reporting, monitoring, surveys, and prevention are the most powerful weapons in the fight against species that are threatening our urban green spaces.
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Once Upon a Time: the Pavement in the City
Across the globe, “depaving” transforms cities by replacing excess pavement with green spaces, cooling streets, reducing floods, and boosting biodiversity. This movement reimagines urban design for a sustainable future.
The Air Conditioning Ethical Dilemma
As summer brings intense heat, air conditioning is vital but contributes to global warming due to high energy use and harmful refrigerants. Innovation in cooling technology is essential to break this cycle.
Will Bicycles Save the Big Cities?
Can cars and pedestrians coexist in large cities? The number of cars is growing, and Italian mobility is unsustainable. Will the bicycle be the ideal way to get around metropolises?
Dutch Cities to Hit 50 Degrees?
The Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI) has released new climate scenarios that provide insight into what weather changes await the Netherlands in the coming decades as a result of climate change.
Green Rooftops: old-school solutions for today’s problems
Green rooftops cannot replace real forests and parks but they can create small biodiversity oases in highly urbanized areas and contribute to the fight against the climate crisis.
Farm Hedges and Urban Greening for Better Buffer and Transition Zones
Adding more nature onto industrialized farm fields and more green areas within cemented cities can help local biodiversity. Green buffer and transition zones are a good example.
