Environment & Ecology: Air Pollution & Child Hyperactivity, Chinese Cities Barely Livable, Ambitious Eco City
May 22, 2013
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Air Pollution Linked to Youth Hyperactivity
Science World Report
Early-life exposure to highly traffic-related air pollution may be linked to higher instances of hyperactivity scores, starting at age 7.
Urban Issues: Struggling To Reach Suburban Poor, Different Cities We Inhabit, SNAP & Diet Quality, Devolution Of London
May 21, 2013
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Advocates Struggle To Reach Growing Ranks Of Suburban Poor
NPR
Poverty has grown everywhere in the U.S. in recent years, but mostly in the suburbs. During the 2000s, it grew twice as fast in suburban areas as in cities, with more than 16 million poor people now living in the nation's suburbs
Environment & Ecology: Grappling With Urban Air Pollution, TCU Prairie Prophet, BRT Lines Produce Less Smog
May 21, 2013
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How Clean is the Air We Breath in Cities?
The City Fix
More and more cities worldwide are grappling with the ever-increasing menace of air pollution - especially in India, which contains some of the most polluted cities in the world.
LA Metro Wins Award for Sustainable Communities Planning Policy
May 21, 2013
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The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority's Countywide Sustainability Planning Policy was adopted by the Metro Board in Fall 2012, and is based on work by Metro staff and a consultant team led by ARUP, and including Center for Transit-Oriented Development partners Reconnecting America and the Center for Neighborhood Technology, as well as Fehr and Peers and Barrio Planners. We at Reconnecting America want to congratulate Metro on getting recognition for this huge step forward in sustainability planning. Separate Metro policies address sustainability in operations and construction.
Urbanism & Design: Security Trumps Urbanism In NY, Charlotte Streetcar Gains Impress, Making Walking To School Safer
May 20, 2013
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World Trade Center Security Will Kill Its Urbanism
New York Times City Room, via: @witoldr
The wreckage had not been cleared from ground zero when planners and neighbors began…
Urban Issues: Corruption & State Capitals, Gen Y Housing Preferences, Growing Suburban Poverty, Value Of City Rankings
May 20, 2013
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Are State Capitals in Big Cities Less Corrupt?
Chicago Magazine, via: @otiswhite
Given that Chicago politics is code for pretty much anything anyone thinks is corrupt or even impolitely…
Environment & Ecology: Biomass Energy & Deforestation, Giant Sewer Balloon Plugs, China's Agriculture History
May 20, 2013
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Biomass Energy Use Leading to African Deforestation
All Africa
ACCORDING to Bariki Kaale who is Energy and Environmental Specialist based in Dar es Salaam, biomass fuels accounts for over 94 per cent of the total energy used for cooking with no affordable alternative energy sources in the foreseeable future.
Environment & Ecology: Luring Developers To Rebuild On Polluted Land, How to Save Water Starved Cities, Boston's Rose Kennedy Greenway
May 17, 2013
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Luring Developers to Rebuild on Polluted Land
NPR Marketplace
When companies pack up and abandon places like apartment complexes, gas stations, factories, and rail yards, those properties often become what's known as a brownfield.
Environment & Ecology: Auto Emissions Can Turn Good Cholesterol Bad, Engaging Community in Brownfield Redevelopment
May 16, 2013
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Auto Emissions Can Turn Good Cholesterol Bad
Science Daily
Academic researchers have found that breathing motor vehicle emissions triggers a change in high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, altering its cardiovascular protective qualities so that it actually contributes to clogged arteries.
Environment & Ecology: Building A National CDFI To Scale Healthy Food Financing, Bee Deaths May Have Reached A Crisis Point For Crops
May 15, 2013
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Building A National CDFI to Scale Healthy Food Financing
Living Cities
Many Americans do not have proper access to the tools they need to live healthy lives. In fact:
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