With laws and wet land policies in place, wetlands in Uganda have continued to face degradation for conversion of land for agriculture, industrialisation and settlement purposes. According to ...

As the world's largest multilateral financier of urban development, the World Bank works with national and local governments to build more livable, sustainable, and inclusive cities and communities.

How We Lose Heat to the Environment Radiation - loss of heat to the environment due to the temperature gradient (this occurs only as long as the ambient temperature is below 98.6). Factors important ...

As housing infrastructure expands in the urban centres, there are growing concerns over the rising environmental hazards caused by urban dwellers. A recent statistics from World Demography show ...

The development of large urban settlements was a major step in the evolution of human civilization. This process of urbanization has proven difficult to study in northern Arabia, due in part to a ...

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The U.S. Justice Department, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and New Mexico Environment Department announced the settlement with the Texas-based company on Thursday.

Colder weather moved into Colorado over the weekend, and Summit County was treated to a big blanket of powder on Sunday. That led to a few closures on Interstate 70 in the high country as ...

HAMPTON, Va. (WAVY) – The eastbound lanes at the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel (HRBT) will be temporarily closed Monday afternoon due to unplanned road work. According to officials, starting at 1 ...

Settlements in northern Arabia were in a transitional stage of urbanization during the third to second millennium BCE, according to a new study. Settlements in northern Arabia were in a ...

Under the agreement, Samarco — a joint venture of Brazilian mining giant Vale and Anglo-Australian firm BHP — will pay $23 billion over 20 years to compensate for human, environmental and ...