Too hot to stay cool: urban heat islands in Kamloops
Cover photo by Yaron Cohen on Unsplash Shade is urban infrastructure When we think about urban infrastructure, we often imagine physical assets like roads, pipes, utilities, and other facilities that […]
At the “Meeting of the Waters”: Floodplain management in Kamloops
More than two thousand years ago, the Greek philosopher Heraclitus used a powerful metaphor to answer to the fundamental philosophical question of whether the world is fixed or constantly changing: […]
Growing pains: How is Kamloops responding to urban sprawl?
Photo by Raphaël Biscaldi on Unsplash Two mornings, one city Scene one: At 7:15 a.m., she grabs her bicycle and rides through streets shaded by old trees, arriving within […]
From passage to presence: How 30 km/h streets transform cities
In the modern urban condition, speed often passes as the foremost signifier of progress. We constantly strive to move faster: faster commutes, faster logistics, faster decision-making. The car horn, the […]