Urban designers, people who can think at the scale of a city, are in high demand right now, a new Fast Company analysis shows ...

The benefits of urban green spaces in cities, in terms of ecological sustainability, climate modification, and human ...

More information: Ainara San-Juan-Escudero et al, Exploring urban design's impact on physical activity: A participatory photovoice study across socioeconomically diverse neighborhoods, Landscape ...

Parks like the High Line have a dramatic effect on the temperature of the city around them. Cities, and those who live in ...

City planners are increasingly recognizing the influence urban design has on community health. By Gaby Galvin Staff Writer Nov. 1, 2017, at 9:00 a.m. Designing Healthy Communities ...

Urban design influences level of physical activity in Chinese cities. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2015 / 02 / 150210212630.htm ...

Exploring urban design’s impact on physical activity: A participatory photovoice study across socioeconomically diverse neighborhoods Landscape and Urban Planning DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2025 ...

Researchers have measured the brain activity of people who had never been to a specific city and then use this brain activity to predict other people's actual visits to places around that city.

Background Researchers in environmental psychology, health studies and urban design are interested in the relationship between the environment, behaviour settings and emotions. In particular, ...

Chinese cities are different from many Western cities in relation to urban design, and far more densely populated. But a new study by New York University and East China Normal University ...