Jun 13, 2024 | Ngā Ara Whetū, Politics & Society, Science & Technology
Brisbane City Flood 2013. Photo by ShepsSnaps, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 With over half the global population living in urban centres, a number which is projected to rise to around two-thirds by 2050, the relationship between cities and the climate crisis is...
Jul 20, 2021 | Business & Economics, Politics & Society
By Timothy F. Welch A sustainable city could look like the ones we know today. It could look like the ones we see in science fiction movies, or it could look like something which none of us has yet dreamt. No one knows what the world will look like in a generation....
May 7, 2020 | Business & Economics, Politics & Society
By Alan Simson The creation of urban forests will make cities worth living in, able to function and support their populations. The 21st century is the urban century. It has been forecast that urban areas across the world will have expanded by more than 2.5 billion...
Jul 10, 2018 | Arts & Culture, Science & Technology
By Patty Hamrick As climate change encroaches, our heritage is drowning, according to Patty Hamrick. The famous moai of Rapa Nui (also known as Easter Island) are, to many people, the face of archaeology. These massive statues made of dark, weathered stone,...