Residents of Thailand's capital enjoyed the city's parks, booked haircuts and stocked up on beer and other alcoholic drinks Sunday as they enjoyed their first day of eased restrictions that were imposed weeks ago to combat ...
May 3, 2020
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A unique study mimicking city centre pollution levels shows how just two hours of bad air adversely affects the heart and blood vessels for a whole day. The research is published today in the European Journal of Preventive ...
Jan 30, 2020
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A new study led by EPFL has produced the first cost estimate of the impact that urban heat islands have on human health. The study looked at 85 European cities over the course of three full years, meaning it also took into ...
Jan 23, 2024
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Dreary weather, freezing temperatures, long dark days, no festivities to look forward to—it's beginning to feel at lot like the middle of January. The idea that there is a "Blue Monday" somewhere around the middle of the ...
Jan 16, 2023
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From junk food to McDonaldization of society, the most derogatory remarks about what we eat are often linked with the urban space. For better or worse, cities are seen as the ultimate crossroads of food, nutritional and epidemiological ...
Dec 29, 2020
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The pandemic has urged some city dwellers to leave urbanity in favor of locales with more space, including rural areas.
Aug 18, 2021
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Reducing meat consumption is a difficult discipline for the Danes. Senior Advisor Sisse Fagt at DTU National Food Institute has monitored the Danes' dietary habits for several years and below she explains why the Danes struggle ...
Jan 3, 2023
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A new study from the Texas A&M University School of Public Health suggests that city dwellers who have more exposure to urban green spaces require fewer mental health services.
Feb 23, 2024
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