Tag: Cities
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Nation & World
When future weather outside is frightful — hot, that is
At the “Future of Cities” event, panelists explained how rising temperatures will impact different economic levels in various parts of world.
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The rats are gonna hate this one too …
Alum explains why being NYC sanitation commissioner is a dream job — if you care about delivering essential services.
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Has the T hit bottom?
Kennedy School expert assesses MBTA’s historic shutdown and explains why so many major cities grapple with never-ending public transit woes.
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Still richer, smarter, greener, healthier, happier — but at a cost?
Economist Edward Glaeser says the global spread of urbanization can elevate humankind, but in his edX course he warns that we need creative thinking to ward off the drawbacks of high-density living.
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Experts hope cities rise to the occasion
A Harvard panel on the future of cities examined challenges in planning and sustainability.
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A boost for managing cities
A $32 million gift from Michael Bloomberg’s charitable foundation will support a new four-year collaboration with Harvard Business School and Harvard Kennedy School to help hundreds of city mayors and their top staff members make government more responsive and effective for its citizens.
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An exchange in ideas and culture
Harvard and Brazilian students spent 10 days visiting sustainability-related sites around São Paulo as part of a field course sponsored by Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, and the University of São Paulo.
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A key urban intersection
Harvard researchers are pushing for a closer look at links between green spaces and health in cities.
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Where heat is deadliest
A new study of heat waves found a strong correlation between excess deaths and poverty, poor housing quality, hypertension, and impervious land cover.
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The bright side of Pakistan
A January conference in Pakistan on urbanization was the first of five in the region and a result of Harvard’s South Asia Institute’s growing work there.
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Chicago as urban microcosm
For his new book, Robert Sampson studied the Second City’s ups and downs for 15 years to outline patterns for many modern American cities.
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Cities on a hill
Edward Glaeser, the Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics, who was raised in New York City, is an advocate of the metropolis, and upends the myths that cities are unhealthy, poor, and environmentally unfriendly in his book “Triumph of the City.”
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Intersection of climate change and Christianity
A leader in the field of Christian theology and ecofeminism explores the role of religion in combating global warming.