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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Beating the Heat: Save Lives by Being a Good Neighbour
Photo Credits: Marc-Olivier Jodoin on Unsplash. Originally posted on the Samuel Centre for Social Connectedness website. As Montréal cools down from a boiling weekend during which Environment Canada warned of humidex values reaching a high of 45 degrees, the...
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Sustainable transport in Chinese cities: An interview with Daizong Liu
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...
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Two events offer sneak peak at updates to the Urban Environment and Social Inclusion Index
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...
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Como las ciudades están fallando en ser inclusivas, y que pueden hacer al respecto
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...
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Unlocking data to track progress towards inclusive, sustainable cities
“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...
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Press Release: Cities don’t share environmental benefits and burdens equally
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...
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
Atlanta
United States of America
Bangalore
India
Bangkok
Thailand
Barcelona
Spain
Beijing
China
Berlin
Germany
Boston
United States of America
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Casablanca
Morocco
Chicago
United States of America
Copenhagen
Denmark
Detroit
United States of America
Ho Chi Minh City
Viet Nam
Jakarta
Indonesia
Johannesburg
South Africa
Lima
Peru
London
United Kingdom
Los Angeles
United States of America
Manila
Philippines
Melbourne
Australia
Mexico City
Mexico
Montreal
Canada
New Delhi
India
New York City
United States of America
Paris
France
São Paulo
Brazil
Seoul
South Korea
Singapore
Singapore
Tel Aviv
Israel
Tokyo
Japan
Vancouver
Canada
Tier 2 Cities
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Albuquerque
United States of America
Alexandria
United States of America
Alger
Algeria
Anchorage
United States of America
Asuncion
Paraguay
Athens
Greece
Baltimore
United States of America
Bamako
Mali
Bridgeport
United States of America
Budapest
Hungary
Charlotte
United States of America
Chongqing
China
Dakar
Senegal
Dodoma
Tanzania
Fargo
United States of America
Guatemala City
Guatemala
Hobart
Australia
Istanbul
Turkey
Kinshasa
Democratic Republic of Congo
Las Vegas
United States of America
Luanda
Angola
Managua
Nicaragua
Medellin
Colombia
Minneapolis
United States of America
Munich
Germany
Niamey
Niger
Omaha
United States of America
Paterson
United States of America
Phoenix
United States of America
Quito
Ecuador
Salt Lake City
United States of America
Santiago
Chile
Shanghai
China
Stockholm
Sweden
Toowoomba
Australia
Valencia
Spain
Wellington
New Zealand
Yaounde
Cameroon
Billings
United States of America
Brisbane
Australia
Cairns
Australia
Chelyabinsk
Russia
Cleveland
United States of America
Dalian
China
Dublin
Republic of Ireland
Fortaleza
Brazil
Hamburg
Germany
Hong Kong
Chinese special administrative region
Kabul
Afghanistan
Kolkata
India
Lisbon
Portugal
Lyon
France
Manaus
Brazil
Miami
United States of America
Monrovia
Liberia
Nairobi
Kenya
Nizhny Novgorod
Russia
Oslo
Norway
Perth
Australia
Portland
United States of America
Reykjavík
Iceland
San Francisco
United States of America
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Shenzhen
China
Sydney
Australia
Toronto
Canada
Vienna
Austria
Wichita
United States of America
Zagreb
Croatia
Bogotá
Columbia
Brussels
Belgium
Caracas
Venezuela
Chengdu
China
Coimbra
Portugal
Darwin
Australia
Edinburgh
Scotland
Freetown
Sierra Leone
Hangzhou
China
Honolulu
United States of America
Kampala
Uganda
Kyiv
Ukraine
Lome
Togo
Madrid
Spain
Maputo
Mozambique
Milan
Italy
Montevideo
Uruguay
Nanjing
China
Nouakchott
Mauritania
Ottawa
Canada
Philadelphia
United States of America
Porto
Portugal
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
San José
Costa Rica
Seattle
United States of America
Sioux Falls
United States of America
Tehran
Iran
Tulsa
United States of America
Vientiane
Laos
Wuhan
China
Zhenjiang
China
Bratislava
Slovakia
Bucharest
Romania
Charleston
United States of America
Chennai
India
Conakry
Guinea
Denver
United States of America
Evansville
United States of America
Guangzhou
China
Harare
Zimbabwe
Houston
United States of America
Kigali
Rwanda
Lagos
Nigeria
Louisville
United States of America
Málaga
Spain
Marseille
France
Milwaukee
United States of America
Moscow
Russia
Nashville
United States of America
Novosibirsk
Russia
Panama City
Panama
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Qingdao
China
Saint Petersburg
Russia
San Salvador
El Salvador
Seville
Spain
St. Louis
United States of America
Tianjin
China
Tunis
Tunisia
Warsaw
Poland
Yangon
Myanmar
Zürich
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