Global climate change and urban heat island intensification are making many cities
dangerously hot during heat waves and uncomfortably hot much of the time. Research has …

It is increasingly evident that exposure to green landscape elements benefits human health.
Urban green space in cities is also recognized as a crucial adaptation response to changes …

Australia tops the world's charts in occurrence of skin cancer and intensity of heat waves,
while concurrently achieving high childhood obesity levels, due in part to low rates of …

The effects of urban heat islands (UHIs) comprise one of the most challenging issues in
mitigating excessive heat. Existing studies have reported cooling effects from small …

Many children growing up in cities are spending less time outdoors to escape the heat. This
is contributing to childhood obesity and the prospect of a range of diseases in adulthood …

Multimodal Complete Streets have emerged as a prominent aspiration of urban planning to
ensure safe access for all users of streets including pedestrians, bicyclists, motorists, and …

The aim of this research is to investigate the environmental wellbeing of children in urban
outdoor environments by developing and testing a new wearable device called the Baby c …

Obesity is a major international health concern. Neighborhood greenery has been identified
as a critical factor for promoting health in urban areas, due in part to its apparent role in …

Urban vacancies have been a concern for neighborhood distress and economic decline and
have gained more recent attention as potential green infrastructure is known to benefit …

Different types of environment stimuli (eg noise, aesthetics) in urban environments are
becoming better understood as determinants of the mental health of urban dwellers …