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Two events offer sneak peak at updates to the Urban Environment and Social Inclusion Index

by Amy Weinfurter | Jun 24, 2019

The Urban Environment and Social Inclusion Index (UESI), which measures cities’ environmental performance at the neighborhood scale, will soon grow from 30 to more than 160 cities. Two upcoming events will preview these additions to the Index. Data-Driven Lab Research...

Como las ciudades están fallando en ser inclusivas, y que pueden hacer al respecto

by Diego Manya Gutierrez | Dec 12, 2018

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...

Unlocking data to track progress towards inclusive, sustainable cities

by Amy Weinfurter | Dec 13, 2018

“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 in...

Press Release: Cities don’t share environmental benefits and burdens equally

by Amy Weinfurter | Dec 3, 2018

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 strong...

Sustainable transport in Chinese cities: An interview with Daizong Liu

by Tina Huang | Dec 12, 2018

Sustainable Public Transportation, in particular, public transit system developments, is at the forefront of cities’ efforts to foster inclusive, sustainable development. The United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals – which set global targets to guide the world’s...

The Global Surface UHI Explorer: An Interactive Map of Urban Heat

by TC Chakraborty | Nov 17, 2018

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 studies are...

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