Tagged ‘Climate Change’
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A Dutch Approach to Flood and Drought Management Takes Root in St. Louis
Like many Midwest cities, St. Louis faces a future where both extreme flooding and drought are more common as a result of climate change.
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There Are Few Trees in Louisville, America’s Fastest Warming City
An analysis of the 50 largest U.S. cities found that temperatures are rising the fastest in Louisville, Ky. So why are city leaders reluctant to adopt a comprehensive tree-planting policy?
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Meet Our Vanguard — 8 Emerging Urban Leaders Making a Difference
Check out these eight Next City Vanguard members spurring change and transforming their communities.
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IMF Makes Case for Ending Trillion-Dollar Global Energy Subsidies
The International Monetary Fund has released a report urging governments to end subsidies for petroleum, electricity, natural gas and coal, which globally amounted to $1.9 trillion in 2011 even as energy prices continued to rise.
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INTERVIEW: Ed Mazria’s Visual Language
The architect discusses his organization’s new online tool, which aims to provide the building sector with a framework of best practices for creating greener built environments.
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Combatting Climate Change, One Birdhouse at a Time
Next City invited the designers behind Crookedworks Architecture to Philadelphia last week to install their birdhouses in our Storefront for Urban Innovation and offer a DIY workshop.
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For Obama, A Renewed Focus on Urbancentric Topics
In his second-term inauguration speech today, President Obama dedicated some time to climate change, sustainable industries, immigration and other topics that should have urbanists and urban-dwellers perking up their ears.
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Between Typhoons and Relocations, a Life Defined By Outside Forces
Like many of Manila’s informal settlers, Evangeline Bondoc lives a life of chronic instability: Her home assaulted by powerful storms, and her livelihood threatened by the government.
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Looking Ahead After Sandy, Bloomberg Talks Waterfronts, Infrastructure and Climate Change
In a building still marked with water damage from Hurricane Sandy, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg laid out shot-term and long-term visions of what comes next for the storm-battered city — and, notably for a big-city mayor, devoted at least half of his speech to climate change.
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WAYS & MEANS: Second-Term Sustainability
A carbon tax is the biggest step the federal government can take toward a more sustainable future, but mayors can help us get there by acting on the local level.
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