<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><p class="m_2480325638146422231text-gray-light m_2480325638146422231text13 m_2480325638146422231tighten-line-height m_2480325638146422231mb4" style="margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: 0.17px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Nature Editorial <span class="m_2480325638146422231pl6 m_2480325638146422231pr6" style="padding-right: 6px; padding-left: 6px;">| </span><time datetime="2018-07-04" class="">04 July 2018</time></p><h3 class="m_2480325638146422231extra-tight-line-height m_2480325638146422231mb10" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.3; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: 0.17px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-05605-z" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-05605-z&source=gmail&ust=1530897852820000&usg=AFQjCNHQI77WM0b2QRfJTT1E4JHunTHreg" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><font color="#000000" style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Science must help to make city living sustainable</font></a></h3><div class="m_2480325638146422231text13 m_2480325638146422231text-gray m_2480325638146422231mt4 m_2480325638146422231mb10 m_2480325638146422231serif m_2480325638146422231hide-overflow m_2480325638146422231tighten-line-height m_2480325638146422231suppress-bottom-margin" style="margin: 4px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4; overflow: hidden; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: 0.17px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" class="">It’s time researchers got to grips with the formidable challenge of rapidly growing urbanization.</div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" class=""><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-05605-z" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-05605-z&source=gmail&ust=1530897852821000&usg=AFQjCNEIkQ4dfl8sgdHW3_V2ZgirzadBRg" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" class="">https://www.nature.com/<wbr class="">articles/d41586-018-05605-z</a></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" class="">Excerpts <b class="">[ bold added [</b></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" class=""><div class="m_2480325638146422231align-left" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; float: left; width: 574px; max-width: 574px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: normal;"><div class="m_2480325638146422231article__body m_2480325638146422231serif m_2480325638146422231cleared" style="margin: 0px 0px 50px; padding: 0px;"><p style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; margin: 0px 0px 28px; padding: 0px;" class="">In some ways, the experience of the city and its residents is a parable for our times, and an example of the kinds of problems faced by city officials the world over. How can we enable our urban centres to cope with extremes of weather, including those that global warming is expected to bring? And how can planning for worst-case scenarios be aligned with increasing awareness of the need to make our cities more sustainable?</p><p style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; margin: 0px 0px 28px; padding: 0px;" class="">… city-dwellers have entirely predictable demands: food, water, and subsequent waste disposal. Realistically, most world cities will struggle to become self-sufficient when it comes to dealing with those basic needs of their citizens. High-density housing and infrastructure don’t leave much space for fields and landfill.<b class=""> So the idea of a truly sustainable city is something of a misnomer.</b> But to make cities more sustainable than they are now is a noble goal, and one included in the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) agreed in 2015.</p><p style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; margin: 0px 0px 28px; padding: 0px;" class="">Such decisions and choices are difficult because they require weighing up often conflicting demands and priorities. Science can help by gathering and analysing data to define risks and benefits. Researchers can thus help to tackle these thorny problems, and to ensure that cities continue to offer a home to people — and to much of science itself.</p><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>