I’ve spent plenty of time in France’s vibrant and varied cities – its rural areas, though, are the road less travelled for me. So, as I headed south of Paris deeper into Île-de-France, I ...

Rural land surrounding urban areas could reduce city temperatures by up to half a degree Celsius, an analysis in Nature Cities suggests, hinting at a way to cool increasingly scorching urban areas.

President Emmanuel Macron has put rural France at the heart of an overhaul of the healthcare system which he announced on Sept. 18, promising more money and doctors for what he called "healthcare ...

Our findings show that if we want to cool our cities down, we need a joined-up approach between urban and rural planning.” The study is published in the journal Nature Cities.

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