This paper examines academic institutions' heterogeneous initial responses to generative AI
(GAI) tools like ChatGPT and factors influencing increased acceptance over time. GAI's …

Dense and compact cities yield several benefits for both the population and the
environment, including the containment of urban sprawl, reduced carbon emissions, and …

Conventional wisdom holds that climate policies imposing substantial costs on individuals
only receive little public support. Policymakers are thus reluctant to implement such policies …

Land valuation—the normative and socio-political process through which land is assigned a
value—is a highly contested procedure, as the value of land strongly affects how land is …

In the near future, the vertical dimension of housing will become increasingly important. But
high-rise housing is still being seen as not only inconvenient but also as inappropriate for …

Like in many cities and regions worldwide, densification is the current urban development
paradigm in Switzerland. Although considered one of the main policy mechanisms for …

The 'compact city'agenda has become commonplace and is often presented as an urban
'good'in mainstream urban research, policy, and practice. Haarstad et al.'s intervention aims …

While the 'compact city'can provide environmental benefits, densification can result in
negative trade-offs at the local scale–eg through increases in density and the removal of …

Parks are an integral component of cities. Ensuring city residents have equitable and easy
access to parks is crucial for human well‐being. In temperate climates, park accessibility is …

To achieve the German government's 30-hectare land take per day target, infilling is
considered a key planning guideline. However, there are hardly any valid empirical results …