The Urban Environment and Social Inclusion Index (UESI) is a first-of-its-kind tool that leverages high-resolution, large-scale data to reveal how cities perform at the intersection of environment and social equity.
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Data-driven approaches to measuring social equity and resilience
This blog was written by Chester Ling, a DDL Student Research Assistant and undergraduate student in Environmental Earth Systems Science at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. When I first came across the concept of measuring equity and resilience, I...
The mental health consequences of governmental failures in the provision of clean water
This blog was written by Tuviere Onookome-Okome, a researcher in epidemiology at DDL and the Samuel Centre for Social Connectedness.
From the Red Dot to Tar Heel Nation: Exploring Data, Urbanization, and Climate Change Around the Globe
This blog was written by Chester Ling, a Nanyang Technological University student joining DDL this summer and fall as a student researcher. Blogging has been a longstanding aspiration of mine, since it serves as a platform to hone my storytelling skills and connect...
Not all tree canopy is created equally
This blog was written by Tuviere Onookome-Okome, a researcher at DDL and the Samuel Centre for Social Connectedness. Trees are a vital part of any community. Benefits from trees include the ability to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases in the...
Global cities still facing challenges in environmental performance and equity: The Urban Environment and Social Inclusion Index update.
We have updated the Urban and Environment Social Inclusion Index (UESI), the first and only spatially-explicit index measuring cities’ environmental performance, equity, and progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 11, which charges urban areas to be sustainable...
DDL Receives Grant to Continue Research on the UESI and NZT HERO
The Data-Driven EnviroLab has been awarded two grants to continue work on two groundbreaking research projects: the Urban Environment and Social Inclusion Index (UESI) and Net Zero HERO: High-Performance Extraction and Retrieval Operation (NZT HERO). Both projects...
