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Columbia Students and Locals Team Up to Build Resilience in Johnstown, PA
Workshop shows how climate adaptation could be linked with economic revitalization in the nation’s so-called “Rust Belt.”
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Q&A With Sustainable Cities Expert Jitendra Bajpai
The engineer and urban transport planner teaches a course on sustainable cities for the M.S. in Sustainability Management program.
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Rising Seas Threaten Low-Lying Coastal Cities, 10% of World Population
In a new report, CIESIN researchers help to identify urban populations at risk from sea level rise. Their updated data set is meant to inform adaptation strategies.
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Hurricane Sandy May Have Worsened Gentrification in Brooklyn and Queens
A study finds evidence for land speculation in Coney Island and the Rockaways, in some of the neighborhoods hardest-hit by the storm.
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A Sustainability Indicator to Compare the Bike Friendliness of U.S. Cities
An index created by a student would measure how well cities are encouraging bicycling through infrastructure, safety, and clean air.
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Bright Lights, Big Cities: An Intern Takes on the World of Remote Sensing
Intern Dorothee Grant is using daytime and nighttime lights satellite data to help map urban areas at large spatial scales.
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New York: A City of Seasons
I love the seasonality and endless variety of my home city and I do not find its intensity incompatible with the goal of environmental sustainability.
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The Automobile and New York City
The private automobile should be seen as a valuable piece of a complex, varied system of transit. It should not simply be shunned but electrified, accommodated and regulated.
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Why You Should Shop at the Farmers Market
In honor of National Farmers Market Week, a staffer who used to work at the market tells us why farmers markets are valuable community resources.
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