Seeking the shade of a tree to relax or cool off is something many of us take for granted. But as Australia heads towards an El Niño summer, the prospect of more intense heat waves is a stark reminder ...

Large parts of the country, particularly in the South, have been experiencing extreme heat waves recently, with the heat index well into triple digits. Fang spoke with News Bureau arts and humanities ...

As the world population grows, accompanied by rapid industrialization, urbanization has come to the fore. Cities offer multiple advantages in terms of workforce and talent concentration, availability ...

A study published in the journal PNAS claims that urban green space has only a moderate effect on air pollution control and that street-level vegetation can actually increase air pollution by ...

You may not have noticed it, but a butterfly or bee certainly has. It’s a strip of dirt and grass between a sidewalk and a street, or an empty lot, or greenery running along a railway. Compared to an ...

City dwellers who have more exposure to urban green spaces require fewer mental health services, a new study suggests. For the study, published in the International Journal of Environmental Research ...

Urban green spaces are disappearing from New Zealand cities, at a time when denser housing is being planned in many areas. Overall, the total area of green space is reasonable in New Zealand cities ...

Access to nature is essential for our health and wellbeing. However, as our cities become increasingly crowded, it becomes more and more challenging to find ways to connect with nature in urban spaces ...

I discovered this during a park survey. It is the 'Higashicho 4-chome No. 2 Green Space' (4-86-9 Higashicho, Nishitokyo City) ...

Rajkot Municipal Corporation is creating new Oxygen Parks and gardens to provide residents with recreational spaces, improve urban environmental quality, and foster community interaction through ...