Cross-Sector
Comprehensive analysis of Delphi methodology reveals systematic weaknesses in how infrastructure planning synthesizes expert knowledge under uncertainty, pointing toward more epistemologically sophisticated approaches that embrace rather than suppress productive disagreement. Read the original article
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New research reveals how Mediterranean intensive agriculture can transition to circular economy models while maintaining productivity, offering a practical roadmap for regions facing similar sustainability challenges. Read the original article
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Infrastructure designed for peace-war binaries fails when conflict becomes ambient. Gray zone conditions—persistent low-level disruption, cyber interference, and governance ambiguity—are now the global baseline, not the exception. This requires fundamental shifts from efficiency-focused design toward adaptive capacity that can operate across multiple threat states simultaneously. Read the original
Energy
Chilean energy transition research reveals how environmental improvements in former coal zones can coexist with economic security for displaced workers, offering a template for just transition planning that addresses both ecological restoration and livelihood continuity. Read the original article
Housing
Research reveals how optimized spatial planning addresses urban heat and air pollution as interconnected challenges rather than competing priorities, providing frameworks for integrated environmental solutions in rapidly developing cities. Read the original article
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New evidence that tectonic plate reorganization triggered major climate shifts 56 million years ago challenges how infrastructure planners think about deep time and systemic change. Read the original article
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Researchers demonstrate how 'multimodal real fiction' — collaborative storytelling that makes future scenarios tangible — reveals climate governance possibilities that conventional forecasting approaches systematically miss, offering infrastructure planners new tools for navigating institutional uncertainty. Read the original article
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New research reveals that anticipatory practices in research settings are actively governed and modulated rather than neutral, exposing how research communities systematically shape which infrastructure futures become visible and which remain excluded from consideration. Read the original article
Energy
New systems modeling shows that coordinated sustainability indicators—renewable energy adoption, circular economy practices, and strengthened regulatory frameworks—can improve national mining governance by 5.5-6 times by 2030, while cobalt production scales 4.4-fold to meet low-carbon technology demand. Read the original article
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New geospatial analysis of Tanzania demonstrates that climate adaptation infrastructure either amplifies or reduces regional poverty disparities depending on how planning integrates socioeconomic dynamics with climate projections. Read the original article
Energy
The Megatons to Megawatts program quietly converted 20,000 Russian nuclear warheads into electricity that powered one in ten American homes from 1993 to 2013. This forgotten success story reveals how nuclear infrastructure can be repurposed from weapons to climate solutions through international cooperation. Read the original article
Energy
Research reveals how different groups construct fundamentally different spatial meanings around the same industrial regions, creating political barriers to decarbonization that technical planning alone cannot overcome. Read the original article
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