The science behind Superstorm Sandy
The wind, rain, and debris from Hurricane Sandy caused an estimated $20 billion or more in damage throughout the metropolitan area of New York and…
The wind, rain, and debris from Hurricane Sandy caused an estimated $20 billion or more in damage throughout the metropolitan area of New York and…
New York has never settled for second place, and the city already has the largest rooftop farms in the world.
Your Voice Is Needed! NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) will hold a Public Design Workshop for the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway on Wednesday, March 20, 2013.…
Global cities have been studied predominantly in terms of speed and movement, acceleration and circulation. This talk will examine the relationship between globalization and cities…
Today, the Popular Choice Award will be awarded to one of six contestants in the Reinvent Payphones Design Challenge
Train travel has increased in popularity more than any other mode of domestic transportation, outpacing both aviation and automobiles; in 2011, Amtrak reached an all-time record of 31 million passengers.
The Urbanization Project at NYU Stern presents the Brown Bag Series!
The franchise’s recent release, the first in over a decade, claims to be most realistic simulation of urbanism and planning yet, while still remaining gamer-approved.
With transparency and sustained idealism, Drake presented her firm’s urban sponges, parks, and “infra-sutures” that aim to heal past wounds and current conflicts caused by massive city projects–like Moses’s BQE, and by “acts of god” like Sandy.
MoMA and PS1 will present 25 winning designs for alternate public housing, for new public space, and other sustainable, new developments for the Sandy-ravaged neighborhood. The call is open to everyone.
“My Brooklyn” raises questions about development and corporate control over land use by focusing on recent changes to the Fulton Mall in Downtown Brooklyn.
Audi’s e-gas initiative makes use of surplus wind power to synthesize fuel from waste CO2 — theoretically, a ‘win-win.’
The park planned to commemorate one of New York City’s forgotten heroes is at risk.
New construction and renovation plans aplenty in NYC’s health and education sectors, but will the planners keep their promises for sustainable development?
Simple, cost-effective environmental retrofitting of public housing is well within the realm of possibility.
As a series of posts on City Atlas have shown, the storm that swamped New York on October 29th pushed climate change onto the national…
With powerful storm surges costing the New York Metropolitan Area more and more each year, it is clear that a new flood protection system is necessary. Has it now become economically responsible from a cost-benefit standpoint?
Follow writer Yves Lankouande on a walking tour of NYC’s first LEED certified neighborhood.