“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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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