by Diego Manya Gutierrez | Dec 12, 2018 | Urban Environment and Social Inclusion Index
Article originally published by the World Economic Forum, and authored by Angel Hsu, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, Yale-NUS College, and Kim Samuel, Founder, Samuel Centre for Social Connectedness. Translated into Spanish by Diego Manya. Las ciudades...
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...
by Nomawethu Moyo | Nov 4, 2018 | Urban Environment and Social Inclusion Index
The case for biking in fostering healthy behaviors and favoring equity in vulnerable settings – Montréal, Canada.Article written by Morgane Ollier and Genévieve Westgate.Introduction: Indices such as the Copenhagenize Bicycle Friendly Cities Index1See...
by Amy Weinfurter | Nov 3, 2018 | Big Data, Urban Environment and Social Inclusion Index
Categories of environmental issues and indicators assessed in the Urban Environment and Social Inclusion Index (UESI). On the afternoon of December 6, 2018, in parallel with the COP-24 United Nations Climate Conference, Data-Driven Yale will convene an interactive...
by Amy Weinfurter | Aug 12, 2018 | Uncategorized, Urban Environment and Social Inclusion Index
Written by Nikola Alexandre Municipal waste generation is notoriously difficult to measure. The ways in which cities define municipal waste vary greatly, there are no standardized data collection methods, and it is rare to find third party reporters of municipal waste...
