Planetizen

Report: Land Under US Highways Could Earn Over $5 Billion in Property Taxes Yearly

A report titled the Atlas of Inner-City Highway Impacts by urban planner Patrick Kennedy analyzes how much land in the U.S.

Connecticut spends $950K to improve urban tree canopy cover across the state

The grants were awarded to projects that will increase tree cover and contribute to urban forestry objectives in low-canopy ...
Opinion

Ghana’s cities are getting hotter: they need more trees to keep them cool

Ghana’s cities are expanding at a breathtaking pace. From Madina to Cape Coast, from Sekondi-Takoradi to Tamale, concrete infrastructure are rising, wetlands are shrinking, and open lands are ...
IEEE

Assessing CNN and Semantic Segmentation Models for Coarse Resolution Satellite Image Classification in Subcontinental Scale Land Cover Mapping

Abstract: Based on studies using high-medium resolution images, convolutional neural networks (CNNs) and semantic segmentation have shown superiority over classical machine learning (ML), particularly ...
Tuesdays with Toomey

The New Urban Order

In January, the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy announced a new initiative, Public Land for All Communities and the Environment (PLACE), which aims “to empower local government and civic partners to ...
IEEE

Cascaded Deep Learning Model for Accurate Land Use and Land Cover Classification

Abstract: Remote sensing technologies, such as aerial photography and satellite remote sensing, play a crucial role in assessing and monitoring the changes in land use and land cover (LULC) for large ...
Apartment Therapy

“Bridgerton” Fans Will Lose It Over Urban Outfitters’ 18th-Century-Inspired Duvet Set

I cover all things shopping, from cleaning and organizing finds to decor and furniture that’s worth every penny. Your home says a lot about you, so I’m always curious about the things people choose to ...