by Data-Driven Lab | Nov 15, 2019 | Big Data, Data, Data Visualization
In celebration of World GIS Day 2019, Yale University launched the GIS Day Conference from November 13 to 15, bringing together data science experts and students to explore GIS applications in a range of fields. TC Chakraborty, PhD Candidate at the Yale School of...
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...
by Amy Weinfurter | Mar 13, 2019 | Big Data, Featured
This post originally appeared on Medium, as part of a series of posts discussing Radical Collaboration and Blockchain for Climate Accounting. A rush of recent scientific studies have underlined the need for faster, more ambitious efforts to curb emissions and prepare...
by Amy Weinfurter | Dec 13, 2018 | Big Data, Urban Environment and Social Inclusion Index
“I think data is power — but, more importantly, data is latent power. To actually unlock it is a tricky exercise.” These comments, from UN Habitat’s Robert Kehew, helped kick off the launch of the Urban Environment and Social Inclusion Index (UESI) on December 6...
by Amy Weinfurter | Dec 3, 2018 | Big Data, Urban Environment and Social Inclusion Index
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Across cities worldwide, poorer neighborhoods take on a disproportionate share of environmental burdens, according to a first-of-its-kind research tool. The Urban Environment and Social Inclusion Index (UESI) finds that even in cities with...
by TC Chakraborty | Nov 17, 2018 | Big Data, Urban Environment and Social Inclusion Index
Brian Jeffery Beggerly on Flickr.com Urban areas are hot, and are getting hotter. The higher temperature in urban areas – the urban heat island (UHI) effect – is an emergent property of urbanization and a major research area in urban climatology. Most UHI...
