by Mark Douglas Wessel | Mar 9, 2023 | Stories
Original source: Landscape Trades Green spaces play key role in mitigating the urban heat island effect A blistering heat wave killed hundreds of people across the Pacific Northwest in British Columbia, Oregon and Washington state in the summer of 2021. In B.C.,...
by Mark Douglas Wessel | Mar 9, 2023 | Stories
Original source: Ontario Home Builders Association Want to know the socio-economic status and concerns of different cultures around the world? Check out the homes they live in. Just as our varying abodes in Ontario reflect our personal styles, lifestyles and...
by Mark Douglas Wessel | Mar 9, 2023 | Stories
Original source: CityTalk At midnight on 15 October, Jorn Verbeeck and Cathy Oke will start out in Oceania and Southeast Asia, then go to other parts of Asia and Eastern Europe, before venturing to Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Not done yet, they’ll move on to...
by Mark Douglas Wessel | Mar 7, 2023 | Stories
Original source: CityTalk Create quieter delivery solutions. Declutter the roads and make them safer. Deliver goods more efficiently. Fast-track the development of alternative fuel technologies. Those were just some of the solutions Daring Cities’ presenters pondered,...
by Mark Douglas Wessel | Mar 7, 2023 | Stories
Original source: CityTalk In Montreal, they’re building Canada’s largest urban park. Once complete, the 8,000-hectare nature sanctuary will be eight times as large as New York’s Central Park. In Bonn, green roofs are now mandatory for any surface larger than 200...
