A new service, developed by experts at The University of Manchester and The Mersey Forest, will provide vital information to help urban neighbourhoods avoid the potentially dangerous effects of climate change.

WHO: Afaf Ibrahim Meleis, dean of the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing - Eugenie L. Birch, Penn School of Design - Susan M. Wachter, Wharton School - WHAT: Book discussion of Women's Health and the World Cities - WHEN: Tuesday, Jan.

More than 60 per cent of Canada's Aboriginal population live in urban areas and are experiencing high rates of illness, poverty and challenges in access to food and housing security, new University of Toronto and St. Michael's Hospital research shows.

Rivers may aid climate control in cities - Planners could make greater use of urban waterways to regulate environmental temperature in our cities, according to research presented today (17 November 2011).

Urban 'heat island' effect is only a small contributor to global warming, and white roofs don't help to solve the problem, say Stanford researchers - Heat emanating from cities – called the "urban heat island" effect – is not a significant contributor to global warming, Stanford researchers have found.

A new project has shown that by using existing sources of information about traffic flow it is possible to create a minute-by-minute image of congestion in cities.

16 Dec 2011 - Since the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme was introduced, urban trees have become valuable for their major role in reducing carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere, now a new course will train experts in managing urban forests facing environmental stresses, pests and diseases.

While Australian cities are highly regarded for their livability, they face significant challenges with urban planning and infrastructure in the future.

City centres could become virtually car-free over the next 20 years under new plans proposed by University of Leeds transport researchers.

Americans who use housing-choice vouchers provided by the federal government are increasingly choosing to live in the suburbs, and as that trend continues, metropolitan areas across the country need to work to make sure that housing opportunities