Abstract: Urban residents’ health depends on green infrastructure to cope with climate change. Shrinking cities could utilize vacant land to provide more green space, but declining tax revenues preclude new park development—a situation pronounced in Japan, where some cities are projected to shrink by over ten percent, but lack green space. Could informal urban green spaces (IGS; vacant lots, st...

Rapid urbanization has brought environmentally, socially, and economically great challenges to cities and societies. To build a sustainable city, these challenges need to be faced efficiently and successfully. This paper focuses on the environmental issues and investigates the ecological approaches for planning sustainable cities through a comprehensive review of the relevant literature. The re...

due to complexity and huge varieties in mega cities, their administration need suitable policy making that is designed specifically for each city. so, in the light of contingency approach and collage metaphor, in each city, designing of a mixed policy making system is necessary; a system that is able to use collection of current policy making models, and support urban management system for adop...

BACKGROUND Socially marginalised groups tend to have higher rates of mental disorders than the general population and can be difficult to engage in health care. Providing mental health care for these groups represents a particular challenge, and evidence on good practice is required. This study explored the experiences and views of experts in 14 European countries regarding mental health care f...

By 2050, two-thirds of the world’s 9.6 billion people will live in urban areas [2]. In many cities, opportunities to expand urban road networks are limited, so existing roads will need to more efficiently accommodate higher volumes of traffic. Consequently, there is a pressing need for technologically viable, low-cost solutions that can work with existing infrastructure to help alleviate increa...

Historic preservation is good business. Through the use of the National Trust for Historic Preservation's research model, The Economic Benefits of Preserving Community Character: A Practical Methodology, the Historic Preservation Division of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources has explored the financial impact of preservation on three communities. The project was conducted with the coop...

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Home > Printer-friendly PDF > Internship Housing Internship Housing A challenge for many students related to their internship search is finding housing in the cities where internship opportunities exist, and many students place unnecessary restrictions on their internship search due to housing concerns. If you are considering an internship in a city not represented in this list, consider contac...