Dubai is adopting the "Sponge City" model through a partnership with Shenzhen to enhance climate resilience and manage heavy rainfall. This initiative integrates permeable pavements, green roofs, and ...

On July 2, 2011, the sky opened up and dumped over five inches of rain on Copenhagen streets in just two hours. When the waters finally receded, the city faced nearly $2 billion in damages. The city's ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bursting with trees, ponds, plants and bird life, Benjakitti Park has become a highlight for residents of Bangkok, Thailand's ...

When a heavy storm dumped 5 1/2 inches of rain on San Francisco on New Year’s Eve—more than the city usually gets in the entire month of December—streets started to flood. In one small Japanese ...

While most of the world dithers in the face of climate catastrophe, Beijing-based landscape architect Kongjian Yu has been implementing climate resilience projects on a vast scale. Winning the ...

An overview of the "Am Seebogen" neighborhood in Vienna, Austria on Sept. 26, 2022. Credit - Ingmar Björn Nolting for TIME By themselves, the young trees lining a still barren boulevard in Vienna’s ...

In 2019, when the Thai government announced plans to turn an abandoned tobacco factory in the nation’s smoggy capital into a public park, Bangkok-based landscape architect Chatchanin Sung saw an ...