Health Jan 19 A Brief But Spectacular take on improving community health outcomes near urban highways
Nation Jun 06 Watch 7:56 How ‘green gentrification’ is pricing out longtime East Boston residents The city of Boston faces two enormous problems: Sea level rise in its harbor that is getting worse with climate change and a dearth of affordable housing, pricing out many longtime residents. Solutions to one of the problems may compound… By Paul Solman, Ryan Connelly Holmes
Nation Mar 31 City dwellers gained more access to public spaces during the pandemic – can they keep it? COVID-19 has underscored the value of parks and public spaces. A new survey shows that U.S. mayors have gotten the message, but post-pandemic plans for public spaces remain largely undefined. By Katharine Lusk, The Conversation
Nation Sep 26 So you want a job? You’d better be in the right neighborhood There's a spatial mismatch between the availability of jobs and the people who need them most. There are various ways to close that physical distance, from the individual to public policy level. A new paper from the National Bureau of… By Making Sen$e Editor
Sep 19 Watch How to Live Micro: Apartments for the New Single World Cities are create micro-apartments for single living, smaller that previous laws allowed.
Apr 22 Watch Young Engineers Envision Cities Of The Future Correspondent Tom Bearden reports on a competition of young engineers designing eco-friendly urban centers of the future. Continue watching