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Feeling like nights are getting too uncomfortable? New report confirms that nighttime temperatures aren’t dipping enough
Historically, cities would cool down considerably at night, providing much-needed relief from the d…
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Saudi Arabia is trying to build the largest linear city ever. It's a visionary but flawed concept, urban planners say.
Architects, urban planners, and academics spoke to Business Insider about whether a line really is …
Polly Thompson
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Many cities can achieve net-zero emissions within the decade by adding parks, trees and green spaces, study claims
Urban parks, greenspace and trees promote more walking, bicycling and other environmentally positiv…
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Maruti launches compact format Nexa service workshops for non-urban areas
Almost 30 per cent of the Nexa sales come from non-urban centres, he added. "To cater to…
PTI
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People who live near parks and green areas "age" slower, study finds
The risk and onset of many health problems spike with age, including cardiovascular illnesses, canc…
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Gardeners are fuming about a study that found produce from urban farms has a high carbon footprint
Researchers are facing backlash over a study that found produce grown on urban farms has a higher c…
Catherine Boudreau
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Singapore is the world's 6th Blue Zone — and a look at its urban planning helps explain why
Government policies on housing, transportation, and hawker centers all come together to encourage p…
Amanda Goh
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ADB approves $400 mn loan to support govt's urban reform agenda
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a USD 400 million loan to support the Indian governme…
PTI
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The key to fighting the urban doom loop might be a downtown beach
Many American downtowns are struggling. Cities should look to their neglected waterfronts to rebuil…
Eliza Relman
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An MIT professor devised a 'Fortress Ukraine' plan in 1994 that proved remarkably right about the Russian invasion
Prof. Barry Posen anticipated Ukraine's challenges against a Russian attack 30 years ago, and offer…
Michael Peck
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Could BBMP’s new climate action plan for Bengaluru restore India's ‘Garden City’ to its former glory?
Sprawling with lush trees and a constant freshening breeze, Bengaluru certainly lived up to its tit…
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Why buying a home isn't likely to get much cheaper even under Biden's housing plan
Americans waiting for a drop in home prices could wind up being disappointed, real estate economist…
Jennifer Sor
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China needs a new economic plan that focuses less on exporting and more on domestic growth, 'Dr. Doom' Nouriel Roubini says
"The old Chinese growth model is broken," Roubini wrote for Project Syndicate, warning that more ma…
Filip De Mott
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Urban Company grants shares worth Rs 5.2 cr to 497 gig workers
Online home services marketplace Urban Company on Monday said it has awarded stocks worth Rs 5.2 cr…
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Urban golf courses are making housing more expensive and parks harder to access — and taxpayers are footing the bill
Golf is played by just a fraction of city residents, but urban courses take up a ton of valuable sp…
Eliza Relman
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Secure your future today: Here’s five reasons why retirement planning can’t wait
Retirement is a non-negotiable phase in one’s life – one where the absence of financial planning ca…
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Russia is changing tactics to try to capture the city of Avdiivka and plans to fight through it 'block-by-block,' ISW says
Russia's plans to encircle Avdiivka could be abandoned and replaced by a brute force attack, the In…
Alia Shoaib
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Meet the typical HENRY: Urban 32-year-olds with no kids who make a six-figure income and have a college degree
The typical HENRY — high earner, not rich yet — is 32, lives in a city, and makes six figures, thou…
Noah Sheidlower
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The urban hamlet where Satyajit Ray met 'Pather Panchali'
Just on the outskirts of the old city limits of the megapolis of Kolkata stands the semi-urban haml…