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2015 Dec

An explicitly urban Sustainable Development Goal has been adopted by the UN (#11). Now what? Where could it go wrong?

Genie Birch
,
Ben Bradlow
,
William Dunbar
,
Peter Head
,
Mark Hostetler
,
Hui Ling Lim
,
Shuaib Lwasa
,
Jose Puppim
,
Andrew Rudd
,
Karen Seto
,
David Simon
,
Bolanle Wahab
and
Lorena Zárate

Awareness, Climate change, Development, Disasters/Red zone, Economics, Education, Health, Justice, Livability, Participation/Democracy, Planning, Sustainability, Tools, What is urban nature?
2015 Dec

Can Large Parks be Urban Green Saviors?

Maria E Ignatieva
,
Richard Murray
and
Henrik Waldenström

Awareness, Biodiversity, Design, Parks, Sustainability
2015 Nov

My Experiment with One Week of Zero Waste

Briana Liu

Awareness, Economics, Justice, Policy, Sustainability, Value, Waste
2015 Nov

Reflections on “Laudato Si, On Care For Our Common Home”

Mike Houck

Biodiversity, Biophilia, Communities, Conservation, Design, Development, Faith, Participation/Democracy, Planning, Policy, Pollution, Sustainability
2015 Oct

Cities in Imagination

David Maddox

Art, Communities, Justice, Livability, Participation/Democracy, Resilience, Sustainability
2015 Oct

Right to the City for All: A Manifesto for Social Justice in an Urban Century

Lorena Zárate

Development, Housing, Justice, Planning, Policy, Sustainability
2015 Oct

The Quest for Governance Modes on Sustainable Urbanization

Buyana Kareem
,
Olumuyiwa Adegun
,
Collins Adjei Mensah
,
Saleh Ahmed
,
Isabelle Michele Sophie Anguelovski
,
Ruishan Chen
,
Uchendu Chigbu
,
Aakriti Grover
,
Alice Hertzog-Fraser
,
Tracy-Ann Hyman
,
George Kinyashi
,
Hayley Leck
,
Karolina Łukasiewicz
,
Martin Maldonado
,
Andre Ortega
,
Lorena Pasquini
and
Alisa Zomer

Climate change, Justice, Livability, Participation/Democracy, Planning, Sustainability
2015 Oct

Dealing with Complex Urban Systems and Uncertainty: Insights from Northeast Thailand

Richard Friend
and
Pakamas Thinphanga

Asia, Climate change, Participation/Democracy, Resilience, Stewardship, Sustainability
2015 Oct

Are Individual Practitioners of Civic Ecology the Answer to Sustainability?

Stephanie Pincetl

Communities, Economics, Participation/Democracy, Stewardship, Sustainability
2015 Oct

A New Reconnection Agenda for People and Nature

Chris Ives

Biophilia, Health, Networks, Sustainability, What is urban nature?
2015 Sep

What Pope Francis Might Do to Advance Climate Justice During His Visit to New York

Rebecca Bratspies

Climate change, Faith, Justice, North America, Sustainability, Value
2015 Sep

Move Slow and Connect People with Nature: The Economics of Happiness in Jeonju

Patrick M. Lydon

Biophilia, Economics, Livability, Sustainability, Value
2015 Sep

Shrink-ing Times Square

Andrew Rudd

Design, Justice, Livability, Policy, Sustainability
2015 Sep

A New Urban Paradigm: Our Way of Looking at Cities Needs to Be Turned Inside-Out

Naomi Tsur

Corridors, Livability, Parks, Participation/Democracy, Policy, Sustainability, What is urban nature?
2015 Aug

Inspiring Urban Youth for a Biodiversity-Friendly Approach to Development

Oliver Hillel
and
Manuela Gervasi

Development, Education, Planning, Policy, Sustainability
2015 Aug

Risk: How Can We Put the UN, Governments, and the Public on the Same Page?

Fadi Hamdan

Disasters/Red zone, Planning, Policy, Resilience, Sustainability
2015 Jul

Ecologically Smart Cities: Keeping Urban Ecosystems Centre Stage in India’s Smart Cities Programme

Harini Nagendra

Asia, Development, Ecosystem services, Justice, Resilience, Smart Cities, Sustainability, Trees, Wetlands/Rivers/Streams
2015 Jul

It’s all in the Details: Two Missouri Schools Team up to Design Tornado Resistant Home

Traci Sooter

Architecture, Communities, Design, Disasters/Red zone, North America, Resilience, Sustainability, Tools
2015 Jul

Sustainable Design is Useful, Beautiful, and Connected to People

Ana Faggi

Architecture, Design, Development, Livability, Planning, Sustainability
2015 Jun

Sustainability is Everywhere

Stephanie Pincetl

Communities, Development, Justice, Participation/Democracy, Sustainability
2015 Jun

How Can Local Design Impact Large Infrastructure Plans and Projects?

Anna Dietzsch

Architecture, Communities, Design, Livability, Restoration, South America, Sustainability, Water, Wetlands/Rivers/Streams
2015 Jun

Living Plans and Resilient, Happy, Included Citizens

Diana Wiesner

Communities, Conservation, Design, Development, Participation/Democracy, Policy, Sustainability
2015 May

An Urban Journey to the Bottom of the Sea

Taida Garibovic

Awareness, Coasts, Conservation, Ecological footprint, Participation/Democracy, Stewardship, Sustainability, Water
2015 May

Urban China’s Appetite for Land

Judy Li
and
Pengfei XIE

Architecture, Asia, Climate change, Design, Ecological footprint, Economics, Energy, Housing, Sustainability
2015 May

Taking “resilience” out of the realm of metaphor. How do you measure resilience in cities? How would you know if your city or your community was resilient?

Keren Bolter
,
Cezar Busatto
,
Lorenzo Chelleri
,
William Dunbar
,
Thomas Elmqvist
,
Antoine Faye
,
Richard Friend
,
Lance Gunderson
,
Tom Henfrey
,
Patricia Holly
,
Dan Lewis
,
Rachna Leveque
,
Shuaib Lwasa
,
Timon McPhearson
,
Franco Montalto
,
Luciana Nery
,
Henk Ovink
,
Elisabeth Peyroux
,
Catherine Sutherland
,
Pakamas Thinphanga
,
Claire Weisz
and
Daniel Zarrilli

Awareness, Communities, Disasters/Red zone, Justice, Livability, Planning, Resilience, Sustainability, Tools, Water
2015 May

Regulating the Bee Buzz

Jennifer Baljko

Agriculture, Awareness, Communities, Policy, Pollination, Sustainability, Wildlife People Interactions
2015 Apr

In the Future, Will We Build Cities for Wildlife and Design the Countryside for People?

Amy Hahs

Biodiversity, Biophilia, Design, Ecocities, Resilience, Sustainability
2015 Apr

What are “Garden Cities” Without a Garden Culture? How a Cultural Connection with Nature Can Build a Truly Sustainable Future

Patrick M. Lydon

Asia, Biophilia, Communities, Ecocities, Experiencing Nature, Gardens, Sustainability
2015 Apr

Complex and Useful, Green Is Infrastructure

Ana Faggi

Architecture, Design, Green Roofs, Livability, Resilience, Sustainability
2015 Mar

Lessons on Post-Resilience from Venice, 2015

Franco Montalto

Climate change, Coasts, Europe, Resilience, Sustainability, Water