Urban biodiversity plays an important role in ecological processes and ecosystem services within cities, making conservation a priority many municipal sustainability plans. green spaces (UGS) have been key strategy for by providing habitat wildlife, including avian communities. While the attributes necessary to enhance habitability of UGS communities are relatively well known, understanding how...

The Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect has increased with the increase in urbanisation and climate change, especially cities arid climates. This study aims to understand influence of urban forms on creating UHIs by assessing seven sites a case Mostaganem city, which is located Mediterranean coast northern Algeria. A weather station an infrared thermometer were used collect thermal data from selecte...

The aggregate potential for urban mitigation of global climate change is insufficiently understood. Our analysis, using a dataset of 274 cities representing all city sizes and regions worldwide, demonstrates that economic activity, transport costs, geographic factors, and urban form explain 37% of urban direct energy use and 88% of urban transport energy use. If current trends in urban expansio...

Brent D. Ryan first visited Detroit in 1993. Describing this experience, he says: ‘‘The sense of emptiness was overpowering. ... I felt as if I was walking into the ruin of America.’’ In his book ‘‘Design after decline—how America rebuilds shrinking cities,’’ Ryan tries to understand why so many American cities have been losing population, what was and is done to change the fortune of these cit...