by Ella Feathers | Oct 7, 2022 | Climate, Heat, Urban Index
by Tuviere Onookome-Okome During the summer of 2022, the Northeast has seen unprecedented temperatures. Boston broke its daily record, seeing temperatures reach 100 degrees at the Boston Logan International Airport (Source) where the previous record-high temperature...
by Wenxin Chen | Jul 7, 2022 | Featured, Urban Index
The Data-Driven EnviroLab will be hosting the webinar “Cities on the Sustainability Frontlines: Measuring Social Inclusion and Environmental Performance” from 10:00 – 11:30 am EST on Thursday, July 14. This briefing will introduce key insights and...
by Hannah Melville-Rea | Jun 8, 2021 | Big data, Climate, Featured, Policy, Urban Index
Disasters tug at our societal fabric, creating cracks along pre-existing fissures. From aged-care graveyards to policy brutality, the past year exposed inequalities that had been permeating for decades. Ahead, the climate crisis promises to thrust its burden on the...
by Data-Driven Lab | Sep 24, 2020 | Air quality, Featured, Urban Index, Urbanization
Air pollution is the leading environmental risk factor globally, claiming 4.2 million lives a year. Though 92 percent of the global population breathes unsafe air, the health effects of air pollution are clustered along lines of age, health, income levels, race and...
by Hannah Melville-Rea | Jul 22, 2020 | Air quality, Policy, Urban Index
This article originally appeared on the Samuel Centre for Social Connectedness website. A slew of emerging research papers linking air pollution with exacerbated COVID-19 symptoms has brought new attention to air quality. However, air pollution should be a major...
by Amy Weinfurter | Feb 25, 2020 | Urban Index
On February 9, 2020, Data-Driven Lab, in collaboration with the Samuel Centre for Social Connectedness, launched an expanded version of the Urban Environment and Social Inclusion Index (UESI) at the 10th World Urban Forum (WUF) in Abu Dhabi. The UESI maps cities’...
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