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The right of everyone to have a say on development is at the heart of modern urban planning. But as homes become ever more expensive, questions are being asked about whether it is OK to oppose housing developments in cities. Battlelines are being drawn between so-called NIMBYs – people who…

Community engagement became a formal requirement of planning in Canada via the neighbourhood improvement program of the 1970s.

The chief executive of drone delivery company Wing says 2024 is “the year of drone delivery”. The company first went public in 2014 as a Google “moonshot” project and now operates in several cities in Australia, the United States and Finland, with plans to expand further.

City planning often takes a backseat to architectural facades, but this Instagram page highlights the beauty of well-structured urban design. The post 30 Times City Planners Made Incredibly Thought-Out Decisions In Urban Design first appeared on Bored Panda.

It turns out that making video games and making cities are both really hard.

It’s a Facebook group for and about the planners of urban spaces. They advocate for better city infrastructure and better urban planning solutions through humor and memes. The post “Classic Urban Planning”: 95 Spot-On Memes That Highlight The Absurdity Of Modern City Planning first appeared on Bored Panda.

The data revealed that botanical gardens consistently outperformed other green spaces in terms of temperature reduction and overall cooling effect.

Kerala Cabinet forms Urban Policy Commission to guide urbanisation for next 25 years. It will be chaired by M. Satish Kumar with Kochi Mayor and urban planning expert as co-chairpersons

GPS has revolutionised our sense of place, from military to civilians, precision scientific studies to urban planning. The U.S. Dept. of Defence started the programme in 1973, launching the first satellite in 1978. The modern constellation consists of 24 satellites in 6 orbits, with a control segment of ground-based control…

Real estate in India stands as a distinctive asset class, boasting a lineage of innovation, expansion and occasional challenges. PropTech start-ups are revolutionizing the sector with digital makeover, transforming transactions, urban planning and design, construction, rental and property management. These start-ups are rewriting the playbook of the real estate industry,…

The 15-minute city is a popular urban planning concept that promotes people living close to essential services, and encourages the use of walking and biking. Public transit is sometimes included in the transport mix, preferred to automobiles, which are largely absent.