Homes are flooding outside FEMA's 100-year flood zones, and racial inequality is showing through
New risk models show nearly twice as many properties are at risk from a 100-year flood today than the government's flood maps indicate.
Sept. 24, 2020 • ~8 min
Tags: cities poverty flooding hurricanes natural-disasters fema urban floodplains hurricane-harvey
In changing urban neighborhoods, new food offerings can set the table for gentrification
Hip food offerings can signal that a neighborhood is gentrifying – especially when they repackage traditional foods for wealthy white eaters.
July 10, 2020 • ~9 min
Tags: cities protest supermarkets food restaurants diversity farmers-markets economic-development community-gardens gentrification displacement foodies cafes
Street vendors make cities livelier, safer and fairer – here's why they belong on the post-COVID-19 urban scene
After trying to remove street vendors from its cities for years, China is supporting them to help jump-start its economy. An urban scholar explains why other cities should do the same.
July 8, 2020 • ~7 min
Tags: cities covid-19 china immigrants informal-economy jobs new-york-city urban-policy farmers-markets postpandemic-future markets
Coronavirus deaths in San Francisco vs. New York: What causes such big differences in cities' tolls?
Why one city suffers significantly more deaths than another isn't always obvious. A simple experiment shows how failing to consider certain factors can point policy makers in the wrong direction.
June 2, 2020 • ~7 min
Tags: health cities covid-19 coronavirus politics policy statistics data population modeling health-policy
Is your neighborhood raising your coronavirus risk? Redlining decades ago set communities up for greater danger
Neighborhood characteristics like pollution from busy roads, widespread public transit use and lack of community-based health care are putting certain communities at greater risk from COVID-19.
May 26, 2020 • ~11 min
Tags: health public-health cities covid-19 coronavirus pollution transport insurance population discrimination commuting urban community
Parks matter more than ever during a time of sickness – something Frederick Law Olmsted understood in the 19th century
Frederick Law Olmsted, the designer of many great North American city parks, understood that ready access to nature made cities healthier places to live.
May 18, 2020 • ~8 min
Tags: public-health cities covid-19 social-distancing coronavirus-2020 urban-life parks city-parks landscape-architecture sustainable-cities
Coronavirus: what the lockdown could mean for urban wildlife
With wild boar in Barcelona and coyotes in San Francisco, the lockdown has transformed concrete jungles worldwide.
April 3, 2020 • ~5 min
Tags: cities coronavirus birds nature lockdown hedgehogs urban-wildlife urban-ecology
Coronavirus: how the lockdown could affect urban wildlife
With wild boar in Barcelona and coyotes in San Francisco, the lockdown has transformed concrete jungles worldwide.
April 3, 2020 • ~5 min
Tags: cities coronavirus birds nature lockdown hedgehogs urban-wildlife urban-ecology
Is your city making you fat? How urban planning can address the obesity epidemic
Four out of 5 Americans live in cities, so urban planning can make a big difference in our lifestyles – especially if it promotes healthy diets and physical activity.
Feb. 20, 2020 • ~8 min
Tags: cities obesity exercise walking urban-planning bicycling urban-policy parks food-deserts city-parks
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