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Energy

Innovation as a Survival Strategy: Sustainability by a Different Name

Deneine Christa Powell - September 7, 2026

This article was written by Deneine Christa Powell, Executive Director of the Urban Sustainability Directors Network, the largest city-based sustainability network in the United States of America. Referencing examples from three US cities, she explains...

Greenery & Biodiversity

How to Choose Street Trees for Your City

Karl Dickinson - October 5, 2026

Street trees often suffer where they compete for space with human functions. By choosing species with traits that complement the location, both can succeed. In the spring of 2026, EU mobility project Just Streets was...

Architecture & Design

What Images Reveal About the Stories of Cities We Rarely Hear About

Gosia Grzesikowska - January 27, 2026

This article was written for CityChangers.org by Gosia Grzesikowska, an urban designer and architect at Gehl, and the founder of Urban Photo Atlas, a professional reference archive documenting everyday urban life across cities worldwide....

Climate Adaptation

Daylighting Rivers: A Hidden Gem of Climate Adaptation

Karl Dickinson - January 21, 2025

Urbanisation in the post-industrial age led to the burial of waterways to make way for buildings, roads, and public spaces. Water, though, cushions the blow of climate change, so many cities are raising channels...

Greenery & Biodiversity

What is Urban Biodiversity? An Explainer

Karl Dickinson - August 27, 2025

Against the odds, cities host an incredible array of flora (vegetation) and fauna (animals). How can we ensure that they thrive and why should we bother? Biological diversity – more commonly shortened to biodiversity –...

Climate Adaptation

Water/Cooler Moments in the Age of Extreme Heat

Karl Dickinson - July 20, 2022

As heatwaves become more frequent, we grow reliant on cities taking measures to provide relief. From fountains to pools to games, there are plenty of ways water offers comfort from rising temperatures. There is...

Climate Adaptation

How to Avoid Heat Islands with Greenery

Metka Novak - April 25, 2022

Have you noticed the extremely high temperatures this summer? Especially when walking around a larger city? That is because city concrete and rooftop tar contribute to temperature increase and creating what is today known...

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