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2016 Jun

Urban agriculture has many benefits. Is one of them a contribution to urban sustainability?

Jane Battersby
,
Katrin Bohn
,
Christopher Bryant
,
Easther Chigumira
,
Evan Fraser
,
Kelly Hodgins
,
Patrick Hurley
,
Francois Mancebo
,
Idah Mbengo
,
Innisfree McKinnon
,
Leslie McLees
,
Geneviève Metson
,
Navin Ramankutty
,
Kristin Reynolds
,
Esther Sanyé-Mengual
,
Shaleen Singhal
,
Kathrin Specht
,
Naomi Tsur
,
Andre Viljoen
and
Claudia Visoni

Africa, Agriculture, Asia, Climate change, Communities, Culture, Design, Food, Gardens, Governance, Jobs, Justice, Networks, North America, Policy, Suburbs, Sustainability, Tools
2016 Jun

Cycling Politics, Identities, and Cultures

Huda Shaka

Culture, Governance, Health, Justice, Planning, Policy, Sustainability, Transportation
2016 Jun

Is There a Suburbia 2.0? Ideas for Designing the Next Generation of Suburbs

Kevin Sloan

Culture, Design, North America, Planning, Suburbs, What is urban nature?
2016 Jun

What Should We Make of Jane Jacobs’ Critique of Parks in The Death and Life of Great American Cities?—TNOC Podcast Episode 8

Philip Silva
and
David Maddox

Awareness, Communities, Design, Experiencing Nature, Livability, North America, Parks, Participation/Democracy, Planning, Policy, Wildlife People Interactions
2016 Jun

What is the Meaning of a Potato? Cuisine as Language for Biocultural Connectivity

William Dunbar

Culture, Food, History, Indigenous peoples, Landscape, Language, Livability, Networks, Value
2016 Jun

Leveraging Environmental Arts for Education and Sustainable Futures

Hilary Inwood
,
Joe Heimlich
,
Kumara Ward
and
Jennifer Adams

Art, Climate change, Education/Knowledge/Learning, Justice, Participation/Democracy, Pedagogy, Sustainability, Tools, What is urban nature?
2016 Jun

Intergenerational Urban Environmental Education

Shih-Tsen Nike Liu
and
Matthew Kaplan

Age, Children, Communities, Culture, Education/Knowledge/Learning, Health, History, Participation/Democracy, Pedagogy
2016 Jun

Positive Youth Development in Urban Environmental Education

Tania Schusler
,
Jacqueline Davis-Manigaulte
and
Amy Cutter-Mackenzie

Children, Communities, Education/Knowledge/Learning, Health, Justice, Livability, Participation/Democracy
2016 Jun

Early Childhood Urban Environmental Education

Victoria Derr
,
Louise Chawla
and
Illène Pevec

Children, Design, Education/Knowledge/Learning, Experiencing Nature, Participation, Pedagogy, Planning, Trees
2016 Jun

How Edible is My City?

Naomi Tsur

Agriculture, Climate change, Development, Disasters/Red zone, Ecosystem services, Food, Gardens, Resilience, Sustainability
2016 May

Creating the Pioneer St Corridor: How the Tree Made Me See my Neighbors Differently

Lindsay Campbell

Communities, Experiencing Nature, Green Infrastructure, Participation/Democracy, Stewardship, Trees
2016 May

Market-Based Solutions Cannot Forge Transformative and Inclusive Urban Futures

Richard Friend

Asia, Climate change, Economics, Governance, Health, Infrastructure, Media, Participation/Democracy, Policy
2016 May

Parks as Magnets that Shape Sustainable Cities

Amy Hahs

Australia & New Zealand, Design, Ecosystem services, Justice, Landscape, Parks, Stewardship, Sustainability
2016 May

Practicing Community Environmental Education in Urban Settings

Marianne Krasny
,
Mutizwa Mukute
,
Olivia Aguilar
,
Mapula Priscilla Masilela
and
Lausanne Olvitt

Africa, Communities, Education/Knowledge/Learning, North America, Participation/Democracy, Stewardship
2016 May

Case Studies from Colombia that are Valuable Across South America

Ana Faggi

Biodiversity, Ecosystem services, Participation/Democracy, Planning, Restoration, South America
2016 May

School Partnerships are Key to Vibrant and Sustainable Cities

Polly Knowlton Cockett
,
Janet Dyment
,
Mariona Espinet
and
Yu Huang

Agriculture, Biodiversity, Children, Communities, Education/Knowledge/Learning, Pedagogy, Pollution, Stewardship, Sustainability, Tools, Water
2016 May

Environmental Education and Advancing Urbanization

David Maddox
,
Harini Nagendra
,
Thomas Elmqvist
and
Alex Russ

Awareness, Biodiversity, Education, Policy, What is urban nature?
2016 Apr

lowlands—Small-Scale and Nimble Projects that Create Resilient and Just Cities

Elliott Maltby

Climate change, Design, Green Infrastructure, Housing, Livability, Participation/Democracy, Resilience, What is urban nature?
2016 Apr

They are Not “Informal Settlements”—They are Habitats Made by People

Lorena Zárate

Communities, Housing, Justice, Livability, Participation/Democracy, Policy
2016 Apr

Establishing New Models of Human Rights: Creating Clean Places to Live

Jennifer Baljko

Asia, Livability, Pollution, Transportation, Waste
2016 Apr

Shortcomings of the Paris Accord: We Need to Combat Air Pollution at Multiple Scales

Christopher Sellers

Carbon, Children, Climate change, Health, Justice, Livability, Policy, Pollution
2016 Apr

Justice and Geometry in the Form of Linear Parks

David Maddox

Corridors, Design, Ecosystem services, Health, Justice, Landscape, Livability, Parks, Planning
2016 Apr

Linear Parks: Meeting People’s Everyday Needs for Secure Recreation, Commuting, and Access to Nature

Ana Faggi
and
Claudia Zuleyka Vidal

Corridors, Culture, Design, Health, Livability, Parks, South America
2016 Apr

Capturing Stewardship Stories: The Unlikely Tale of a Massive Open Online Course

Kimberly Snyder
and
Marianne Krasny

Awareness, Communities, Conservation, Disasters/Red zone, Education/Knowledge/Learning, History, Participation/Democracy, Stewardship
2016 Apr

Confronting the Dark Side of Urban Agriculture

Francois Mancebo

Agriculture, Architecture, Awareness, Children, Health, Pollution, Smart Cities, What is urban nature?
2016 Apr

Green Infrastructure that Creates Climate Resilience, Human Resilience, and Quality of Life in Los Angeles’ Underserved Neighborhoods

Tori Kjer

Children, Climate change, Green Infrastructure, Justice, Parks, Participation/Democracy, Policy, Resilience, Water
2016 Mar

Réinventer Paris: A Competition to Write History with Nature in Paris

Nathalie Baumann

Agriculture, Architecture, Design, Livability, Participation/Democracy, What is urban nature?
2016 Mar

How Perspectives of Field Arborists and Tree Climbers are Useful for Understanding and Managing Urban Forests

Adrina Bardekjian

Art, Awareness, Communities, Culture, Education/Knowledge/Learning, Experiencing Nature, Stewardship, Trees
2016 Mar

Graffiti and street art can be controversial, but can also be a medium for voices of social change, protest, or expressions of community desire. What, how, and where are examples of graffiti as a positive force in communities?

Pauline Bullen
,
Paul Downton
,
Emilio Fantin
,
Ganzeer
,
Germán Gomez
,
Sidd Joag
,
Patrick M. Lydon
,
David Maddox
,
Patrice Milillo
and
Laura Shillington

Art, Awareness, Communities, Culture, Experiencing Nature, Justice, Livability, Participation/Democracy, Value, What is urban nature?
2016 Mar

People Working for Nature in Cities: the Invisible Revolution

Cecilia Herzog

Disasters/Red zone, Economics, Infrastructure, Justice, Participation/Democracy, Resilience, South America