by Ella Feathers | Apr 14, 2023 | Data, Featured, Urban Index
We have updated the Urban and Environment Social Inclusion Index (UESI), the first and only spatially-explicit index measuring cities’ environmental performance, equity, and progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 11, which charges urban areas to be sustainable...
by Ella Feathers | Mar 24, 2023 | Climate, Data, Featured, Urban Index
This blog was written by Tuviere Onookome-Okome, a researcher in epidemiology at DDL and the Samuel Centre for Social Connectedness. On July 28, 2010, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly recognized that safe and clean drinking water is a fundamental...
by Ella Feathers | Feb 24, 2023 | Featured, heat, trees, Urban Index
This blog was written by Tuviere Onookome-Okome, a researcher at DDL and the Samuel Centre for Social Connectedness. Trees are a vital part of any community. Benefits from trees include the ability to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases in the...
by Data-Driven Lab | Feb 6, 2020 | Featured, Urban Index
Low-income neighborhoods often miss out on their fair share of environmental benefits, even in cities recognized as environmental leaders. A handful of cities show how to enact more equitable environmental management. Friday February 7, 2020: A first-of-its-kind...
by Angel Hsu | Oct 20, 2019 | Big data, Climate, Data Visualization
The World Economic Forum invited me to present at the Sustainable Development Impact Summit on September 23-24 in New York City, timed with Climate Week and the UN Climate Summit. I was asked to adapt a presentation I gave (“Big Picture on Urban...
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