by Data-Driven Lab | Feb 6, 2020 | Featured, Urban Environment and Social Inclusion 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 Jeffrey Tong | Feb 28, 2018 | Featured
“Data is big. But data democratization is bigger.” This was a point emphasized by a researcher during her presentation on participatory data collection approaches at the 9th World Urban Forum (WUF9). While urban data has allowed researchers, policymakers and...
by Angel Hsu | Sep 30, 2014 | Data, Policy, Sustainability
This post was co-written with Whitney Johnson, a Master of Environmental Management (MEM’16) candidate at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. It originally appeared on Huffington Post. What can be done to ensure that countries can both measure...
by Angel Hsu | Mar 31, 2014 | Big Data, Data, Policy
Check out our policy commentary, “Development: Mobilize citizens to track sustainability” on Nature.com and in the April 3 print edition of Nature, vol. 508. Also, check out the amazing infographic Anne Householder created to accompany the...
by Angel Hsu | Sep 23, 2013 | Data, Environmental Performance Index (EPI), Indices
This post originally appeared here. World Water Week drew to a close earlier this month with a charge to the United Nations to consider aspecial emphasis on water as part of a post-2015 development agenda. As the UN deliberates Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),...
