Urbanization is the defining global phenomenon of this century. For the first time in history, more than half the world’s population lives in urban areas. Between 2000 and 2030, in developing ...

Planning and constructing urban cities do not necessarily mean exhausting today's resources and endangering the future's supplies. On the contrary, sustainable development and architecture ensure that ...

Azza Kamal wears many hats — besides teaching sustainable planning and urban design in CU Boulder’s Environmental Design (ENVD) department, she is an urbanist, policy researcher, and licensed ...

A new study has unveiled a cutting-edge framework that harnesses deep learning and remote sensing to identify building materials with remarkable accuracy. This innovative approach enables the ...

Today, more than half the world’s population lives in cities—a figure expected to grow by 2.4 billion by 2050. Cities are at the heart of humanity’s future, but they are also ground zero for some of ...

The proposed framework of urban space monitoring and optimization. (A) Urban building space identification and change monitoring. (B) Optimization in non-construction area, designating vacated parcels ...