#urbanresilience — Public Fediverse posts

🔥 Relative Land Surface Temperature Shift in Calgary (Summer 2026 vs 2025)

🛰️ The map illustrates the spatial difference in Land Surface Temperature based on clear-sky seasonal median composites. The citywide baseline trend (+2.48 °C) was removed from the calculations.

☝️ Spatial Distribution Facts:
🔹 White (−1 °C to +1 °C): 50% of the city’s area (interquartile range, IQR) shifted in strict synchrony with the citywide baseline.
🔹 Blue (−1 °C to ≤ −6 °C): Areas where relative warming lagged behind the city average. Spatially, this footprint encompasses the drainage network (Bow River, Glenmore Reservoir) and industrial sectors in the southeast.
🔹 Red (+1 °C to ≥ +6 °C): Areas exhibiting accelerated radiative heating relative to the urban baseline. This category includes the Nose Hill Park plateau, open community lawns, school grounds, and sports fields.

#GIS #RemoteSensing #EarthObservation #Calgary #LandCover #MachineLearning #Geoscience #GreennessOfCalgary #UrbanResilience #ClimatResilience

2026-09 Hitze, Kälte, Klimawandel - Wie können Bibliotheken zur Klimaanpassung beitragen? - Ideen-Café Grüne Bibliothek

https://fair.tube/w/sEL3cCHzqQhfMUs1qtznHn

India’s Urban Challenge Fund Must Treat Nature as Core Infrastructure, Not Just an Amenity https://www.byteseu.com/2384369/ #Climate #ClimateChange #EnvironmentalPlanning #GlobalWarming #IndianCities #NatureInfrastructure #UrbanChallenge #UrbanFlooding #UrbanPlanning #UrbanResilience #UrbanRestoration

https://www.europesays.com/africa/392787/ Morocco Turns Disaster Risk Into Resilience to Protect Millions Before Strikes #CatastropheInsurance #ClimateChange #ClimateResilience #DisasterPreparedness #DisasterResilience #DisasterRiskManagement #EarlyWarningSystems #EarthquakePreparedness #FinancialProtection #FloodProtection #Morocco #NaturalDisasters #ResilientInfrastructure #RiskReduction #UrbanResilience

Based on satellite imagery from June to August 2025, my research revealed 58,673 distinct vegetative patches across Calgary, covering a total of 39,009 hectares. However, exactly 50% of the city's total green cover is concentrated in just 44 large megaclusters. The remaining half is dispersed across tens of thousands of tiny, highly fragmented patches.

UPD:
Previous steps of my research you can find here:
https://www.datastory.org.ua/

#GIS #RemoteSensing #EarthObservation #Calgary #SpatialDataScience #MachineLearning #Geoscience #OpenData #GreennessOfCalgary #UrbanResilience #fossgiss #RStats #Alberta #Canada

🌳 Calgary's municipal boundaries contain 58,673 contiguous vegetative clusters ("patches") covering a total area of 39,008.75 hectares.
📊 Median patch size is just 0.02 ha or less (1–2 pixels at Sentinel-1/Sentinel-2 resolution).
This confirms an extreme power-law hyper-concentration across the urban landscape:
Fewer than 0.09% of all patches (just 50 out of 58,673) account for 52.29% of the city's total green cover (over 20,400 ha).
☝️ The urban spatial fabric effectively splits into "two worlds":
🔹 Ecological Backbone (Top-50): Just 50 large contiguous tracts (Nose Hill Park, Fish Creek Provincial Park, the Bow and Elbow river valleys, ravine systems, and peripheral grasslands) form Calgary's unbroken ecological framework.
🔹 Fragmented Urban Matrix (58,623 patches): The remaining 47.7% of urban vegetation is dispersed across tens of thousands of residential lawns, private yards, and road medians, with an average patch size of ~0.3 ha.

#SpatialDataScience #UrbanResilience #GreennessOfCalgary #WildfireRisk

How do household behaviours and governance arrangements interact to shape urban waste resilience? Take a look at our new policy article published by O. Rufai and B. Cavazzin.
doi.org/10.1080/1753...
#UrbanWasteBehaviour #UrbanResilience #ClimateRisk #EnvironmentalGovernance #MunicipalSystems

https://www.europesays.com/dk/127033/ Finland carved an entire underground city into the bedrock beneath Helsinki, filling it with swimming pools, sports halls, parking areas, and shopping spaces that can be rapidly converted into blast-resistant shelters in case of war | World News #CivilDefenseShelters #EmergencyPreparedness #Finland #helsinki #HelsinkiUndergroundCity #MultiPurposeShelters #UrbanResilience

The #TNOCGazette lands in inboxes around the world — bringing essays, roundtables, and stories from the frontier where disciplines meet to re-imagine our cities.

If you believe cities can be better for nature and for all people, this is your invitation.

Join thousands of readers, thinkers, and doers across the globe.

📩 Subscribe — https://thenatureofcities.us14.list-manage.com/subscribe/?u=eccb2d994d282f2bd7a08f451&id=65cc822135

#UrbanNature #NatureBasedSolutions #CitiesReimagined #GreenCities #NatureInCities #UrbanResilience #TheNatureOfCities #ArtScienceAction

#ISECEE2026 #EngineeringConference #AcademicConference
#WaterInfrastructure #UrbanResilience #SmartCities
#FloodManagement #WaterEngineering #SustainableCities
#Research #Academia #Researchers #PhDLife
#Berlin #GermanyResearch #BerlinAcademia
#TUberlin #FreieUniversitaetBerlin
#CallForPapers #SubmitAbstract

Lagos, Netherlands Partner on Coastal Protection & Infrastru

The Lagos State Government has strengthened its international cooperation efforts with a new partnership with the Kingdom of…
#Netherlands #Nederland #NL #Europe #Europa #EU #climateresilience #coastalprotection #foreigninvestment #infrastructuredevelopment #Internationalcooperation #InvestLagos3.0 #LagosState #urbanresilience #WaterfrontDevelopment
https://www.europesays.com/netherlands/4544/

🌍 Cities in the Global South are stepping up their game!

By focusing on housing-led initiatives, these urban areas are transforming settlements, recycling water, and implementing nature-based solutions.

This approach not only enhances livelihoods but also strengthens resilience against climate shocks.

As we move toward Agenda 2063, it's inspiring to see communities take charge of their futures!

#UrbanResilience #SustainableCities #ClimateAction #JustTransition #Agenda2063

There’s a difference between a dramatic narrative and a durable city. Dubai’s recent story is less about panic and more about resilience, diversification, and sustained confidence.
#Dubai #UAE #UrbanResilience #Economy #Tourism #usa

Multilateralism, Climate Action at the Core: World Leaders, Ministers, South Asian Voices Converge at WSDS 2026

#TycoonWorld #WSDS2026
#WorldSustainableDevelopmentSummit
#ClimateAction
#Multilateralism
#GlobalClimateLeadership
#SustainableDevelopment
#GreenTransition
#NaturePositive
#ClimateGovernance
#SouthAsiaClimate
#HimalayanCoalition
#RenewableEnergy
#GreenHydrogen
#GreenShipping
#CarbonNeutrality
#ClimateFinance
#UrbanResilience
#UNFCCC
#UNHabitat

https://tycoonworld.in/multilateralism-climate-action-at-the-core-world-leaders-ministers-south-asian-voices-converge-at-wsds-2026/

Disasters Avoided Newsletter 11: Communications and Engagement
https://mailchi.mp/cd335e827549/the-disasters-avoided-newsletter
 
Urban 2.0 Newsletter 8: Ideas to Make Cities & Towns Better
https://mailchi.mp/344d00f2862f/the-urban-2-zero-newsletter-14197204
 
#DisastersAvoided #DRR #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #vulnerability #resilience #SendaiFramework #Switch2Sendai #SFDRR #DisasterRisk #DisasterRiskReduction #disaster #disasters #UrbanResilience

Highlighting Giulia Benati’s contribution at ISIA Roma, where she presented her climate-adaptation work.

Giulia is part of @icta-uab.bsky.social , LASEG, BIG-5, and Commit2Green , focusing on Rome’s first "Heat Plan" and climate-shelter mapping.

More in our blog: https://bit.ly/4oRFDEz

#BIG5Project #LASEG #Commit2Green #ClimateAdaptation #UrbanResilience #ISIARoma #DesignResearch

Governor Wes Moore confronts crime narrative at Pimlico event, pastor's testimony reveals stark urban challenges in Baltimore's ongoing transformation #CrimeStats #UrbanResilience

Climate Change and the Future of Subway Systems: Urban Solutions for Resilience | Ukraine news https://www.byteseu.com/1318481/ #Climate #ClimateAdaptationTransport #ClimateChange #ClimateChangeSubway #ClimateChangeSubwayUrbanResilienceFloodProtectionMetroHeatReductionTransitSustainableUrbanDrainageSubwayVentilationGreenUrban #FloodProtectionMetro #GlobalWarming #GreenUrbanPlanning #HeatReductionTransit #MetroFloodRisk #News #SubwayVentilation #SustainableUrbanDrainage #UrbanResilience

Boston was warned—but climate denial stalled action. Now the city faces rising seas and rising costs. The Guardian investigates the fallout. #ClimateDenial #SeaLevelRise #UrbanResilience https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jul/24/flood-boston-climate-deniers-trump-administration-coastal-city-resilient

🇧🇪 Brussels, Belgium
Heat. Build. Engage.
At Stickydot, our LEVERS learning venture is asking a big question:
How can Brussels prepare for future heatwaves?
With creativity, collaboration, and the energy of local teenagers, we’re co-constructing solutions in the city itself.

#BrusselsClimateAction #UrbanResilience #YouthEngagement #ClimateEducation #LearningEcosystems

Baltimore achieves significant crime reduction with 22.7% homicide drop, but federal budget cuts threaten urban progress and social services. City remains resilient amid potential challenges. #UrbanResilience #CrimePrevention

Venice is sinking—literally. Rising seas, subsidence, and climate change threaten to erase the world’s most beautiful city. Is this the end for the floating city, or a wake-up call for us all?
#Venice #Italy #ClimateChange #UrbanResilience #CulturalHeritage
https://theurbanherald.com/venice-sinking-mose-climate-change/

🌍 New Paper on Urban Infrastructure Resilience

New study led by Ricardo Ruiz Sánchez on urban road network resilience after the April 2024 floods in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Using #OpenStreetMap and openrouteservice, we analysed impacts on connectivity and healthcare access.

Key findings:
🔸 2% of roads = 12% of core connectivity
🔸 These lost up to 92% centrality
🔸 Peripheral hospitals hit hardest

Presented at AGILE 2025. #UrbanResilience

Overview of the paper: https://heigit.org/new-paper-changes-in-road-centrality-and-hospital-access-redundancy-impacts-of-the-2024-flood-in-the-metropolitan-core-of-porto-alegre/

🌍 Urban development meets climate resilience
Together with the city of Hof, Hof University’s INWA institute and partners have launched a research project for a climate- and water-resilient development area.

A strong alliance for sustainable urban planning – presented at Hof Town Hall this week.

🔗 Check out: https://t1p.de/1h717

#dieforschendehochschulehof #hierwirdknallhartgeforscht #ScienceMastodon #ClimateAdaptation #UrbanResilience #WaterManagement #SustainableCities #inwa

More than half of European cities have climate adaptation plans. Local action is leading the way. #ClimateAdaptation #UrbanResilience

Is New York City as dangerous as claimed? Paul Krugman argues no, citing his lively experiences that contradict the alarming rhetoric often used by MAGA supporters. He highlights impressive crime reduction statistics and safe public transportation, challenging outdated perceptions. Krugman connects these views to political motives while noting the city's recovery post-pandemic. Curious about his insights? Read more here: [Paul Krugman - Lies and the City](https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/lies-and-the-city) #NewYork #CrimeStats #UrbanResilience #PaulKrugman

Discover Bangkok's unseen communities in the second article of " The Bangkok Series".

https://vibesmagazine.blog/bkk-series-2-life-below-the-global-surface-exploring-bangkoks-unseen-communities/

#Bangkok, #CulturalCommunities, #ArtSpacesBangkok, #UrbanResilience, #InnovativeLiving, #GrassrootsBangkok, #AlternativeLiving, #CreativeBangkok, #BangkokCommunityLife, #BangkokArtHubs, #SustainableUrbanLiving, #CommunityInnovation, #HiddenBangkok, ,#CulturalDiversityBangkok:

OnlineFirst - "Blinded by the ‘green-halo’? Equity in financing climate adaptation of urban sanitation" by Leonie Hyde-Smith, Katy Roelich, Anna Mdee, Zhe Zhan, and Barbara Evans:

#urbanresilience #climatefinance #sanitation #wastewater

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/25148486241287446

RT by @CopernicusEU: 🌍 The #EUfunded CURE project leverages Copernicus data to empower urban planners, enhance resilience and combat climate change challenges. Discover how cutting-edge satellite data is transforming urban environments! #UrbanResilience #ClimateAction 🌳

🔗https://europa.eu/!MpFPXG

[2024-10-01 09:30 UTC]

Small Town, Big Impact: Overstrand Local Municipality’s Sustainability Initiatives
#SouthAfrica #Environment #ClimateChange #Biodiversity #Pollution #Overstrand #Sustainability #UrbanResilience
https://the-14.com/small-town-big-impact-overstrand-local-municipalitys-sustainability-initiatives/

@Crazypedia reminds me of grassroots #urbanresilience https://resilientcitiesnetwork.org/what-is-urban-resilience/

A great piece by Richard Florida regarding urban US #downtowns losing their lustre. Not because they are hollowing out due to people working from home, but because of the deterioration of public spaces & services. It is unique because of the lack of a social safety net and their fascination with guns. Cdn downtowns are not far off especially when it comes to our public spaces & support services.

#cities #urbanplanning #urbanresilience #equity #urbanhealth #publichealth

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/30/opinion/covid-pandemic-cities-future.html

First post! 🐘
Hi @Mastodon community!
I am an Urban Environmental Scientist. Since 2021 I am Asst. Professor at @VUBrussel. My research is motivated by making cities green, livable, healthy, resilient & sustainable FOR ALL. I am the co-coordinator of the COOLSCHOOLS.eu project and I participate in several other research projects related to #urbanecology #naturebasedsolutions #environmentaljustice #ecosystemservices #urbanresilience #climateadaptation
I will mostly post about my research!

Happy #WorldTownPlanningDay2022! Hello to my fellow #UrbanPlanning #heritage and #BuiltEnvironment people on here, as well as all of those #EdTooter people and those in #academia learning & teaching about our beautiful world and #ClimateAction

A few of my favourite #Glasgow buildings old and new- Luma Tower flats, Glasgow Gurdwara
beautiful dome and beacon of kindness, Glasgow tenements &
Kinning Park Complex
home to community action #UrbanResilience #PlanTheWorldWeNeed