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Updates from the Urban Environment and Social Inclusion Index
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...
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.
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...
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...
PBS SciNC segment features DDL’s #HeatWatch campaign
Image Credit: PBS North Carolina This week, PBS SciNC aired a segment on urban heat in the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Triangle, featuring commentary from DDL director Angel Hsu and findings from DDL’s participation in the Urban Heat Watch project completed last...
Mapping Nature Play Spaces in New York City (SCSC)
This blog was written by Laura Murphy, Samuel Centre for Social Connectedness Fellow and DDL collaborator.
Measuring Income Disparities through Heat in Collaboration with the Samuel Center for Social Connectedness
by Tuviere Onookome-Okome During the summer of 2022, the Northeast has seen unprecedented temperatures. Boston broke its daily record, seeing temperatures reach 100 degrees at the Boston Logan International Airport (Source) where the previous record-high temperature...
Cities on the Sustainability Frontlines: Measuring Social Inclusion and Environmental Performance
The Data-Driven EnviroLab will be hosting the webinar "Cities on the Sustainability Frontlines: Measuring Social Inclusion and Environmental Performance" from 10:00 - 11:30 am EST on Thursday, July 14. This briefing will introduce key insights and highlights from the...
Heat amplifies racial inequality in US cities
Across U.S. cities, people of color are exposed to on average 1°C higher urban heat than their white counterparts.
Communicating Air Pollution
Air pollution is the leading environmental risk factor globally, claiming 4.2 million lives a year. Though 92 percent of the global population breathes unsafe air, the health effects of air pollution are clustered along lines of age, health, income levels, race and...
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