BUFFALO, N.Y. -- By harnessing the power of computational techniques initially developed on academic supercomputers, urban planners, engineers and even litigators are creating vivid animations of ...

In cities across the world, governments use data—about infrastructure, health and safety, or citizen satisfaction—to improve services. But data also has a critical role in shaping the very space of ...

over the last decade, Amman’s local authorities have faced challenges in meeting the needs of local populations due to unexpected rapid urbanization growth and the impact this has had on welfare and ...

From courtrooms to the town clerk's office, lawyers and developers alike are finding that complicated blueprints of new housing developments or static renderings that reconstruct accidents just don't ...

A 3D urban simulation tool that the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) developed nearly 20 years ago is still in operation, helping architects and administrators with construction challenges ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

NASA is helping shape the future of urban air travel with a new simulation that will manage how electric air taxis and drones can successfully operate within busy areas.

Urban economic models should raise the quality of debate about planning at the metropolitan level. Now research shows how this can be done. Most debate over urban public policy, especially land-use ...

There's been a noticeable gap in the urban simulation genre the past five years, or basically since EA and Maxis last made a SimCity game. Sure, there have been plenty of city-building games that let ...

Indie game developer StillAlive Studios and publisher Astragon Entertainment confirmed Tram Simulator Urban Transit is set for release next month. The game will give you a different kind of public ...