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  • Why tough times can mean better neighbors

    Stephen Humphries

    March 16, 2020 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States

    Across the world, communities are beginning to use a variety of different methodologies to better connect with their neighbors during the coronavirus pandemic. From social media to public Google documents, neighborhoods are working together to combat loneliness during social distancing and help make sure the most vulnerable have the necessities.

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  • Pour It On: How Dutch Cities Are Soaking up Rain and Reducing Flooding

    Tristan Baurick Tegan Wendland

    March 10, 2020 |

    The Times-Picayune |

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    Response Location: Netherlands, Rotterdam

    A green roof initiative is one of the projects Rotterdam, a city in the Netherlands, is working on to capture and store more rainwater; a solution that might work in Louisiana. With heavier rains and more intense storms due to climate change in both places, the amount of rainfall coming down can overwhelm drainage systems. Although the price tag can be high to build these green roofs, Rotterdam boasts 100 acres of green roofs that have increased the city’s water storage capacity by about 1.6 million gallons.

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  • [‘코로나19' 확산 비상]시민들 온라인 해시태그 운동…#그럼에도 불구하고

    조문희

    March 09, 2020 |

    경향신문 |

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    Response Location: South Korea

    시민들로 하여금 코로나19의 불안과 혐오에서 벗어나도록 돕는 각종 해시태그 운동이 온라인에서 진행되고 있습니다. 이 같은 메시지들은 위기 상황 속 사회 구성원들 간의 공감과 연대를 다지는 계기로 작용하고 있습니다.

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  • Energy efficient homes mean less air pollution. But are they affordable?

    Heather May

    March 09, 2020 |

    The Salt Lake Tribune |

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    Response Location: United States, Kearns, Utah

    To reduce greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change and air pollution, Habitat for Humanity Salt Lake Valley is building airtight homes that will also reduce energy costs and be affordable for people experiencing economic hardship. The home are largely being built by volunteers, so the process has been slow and there have been mistakes in building the homes. However, the homes are estimated to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 4.9 tons a year.

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  • The Dutch are giving rising rivers more room. Should we follow suit?

    Tristan Baurick

    March 09, 2020 |

    The Times-Picayune |

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    Response Location: Netherlands, Noordwaard

    The Dutch government bought out and relocated 200 households in high-risk areas as a way to create more space for rising water levels instead of building bigger levees. The program is called Room for the River, and more than 60,000 people now have much lower flood risk. The program also built new roads, bridges, and pumping stations, one of which doubles as a wildlife-watching tower. This, along with the green spaces, bike paths, and plazas, is credited for building public approval for the project.

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  • London's Trees Are Saving the City Billions

    Feargus O'Sullivan

    March 09, 2020 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom, London

    A recent study on London's trees revealed benefits far beyond city beautification. The report found that trees saved the city billions of pounds in air cooling, air purification, carbon sequestration. The report also found trees brought workers increased productivity.

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  • 'Visible women': Feminist mappers bridge data gap in urban design

    Anastasia Moloney

    March 07, 2020 |

    Thomson Reuters Foundation |

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    Response Location: Mexico, Mexico City

    The underrepresentation of women in technology and computer science has led to the creation of Geochicas, a group of women who recruit and train female, open source mappers across the world. Open source mapping is a male-dominated pursuit but one that informs urban design and public policy. When mapping a city, women tend to add services that are overlooked by men, such as childcare services, hospitals, and women's health clinics. Diversifying the volunteers who do this work to include more women leads to mapping that is more inclusive and minimizes crowdsourced-data bias against women.

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  • What Would a World Without Prisons Look Like?

    Patricia Leigh Brown

    March 06, 2020 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    Deanna Van Buren and her nonprofit firm Designing Justice/Designing Spaces use architecture to advance social justice and criminal-justice-reform ideas, designing workplaces, meeting places, and homes nationwide founded on the notion of "what a world without prisons could look like." The firm's projects, often planned with input from the people directly affected, have included privacy-enhancing temporary living units for people recently released from prison, a "peacemaking" space in Syracuse, N.Y., and two of the first restorative-justice meeting places for crime victims and those who harmed them.

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  • The Dutch have mastered water for a millennium. Could their new approach save New Orleans?

    Tristan Baurick

    March 06, 2020 |

    The Times-Picayune |

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    Response Location: Netherlands, Hoek Van Holland

    As New Orleans and the Louisiana coast become increasingly vulnerable to rising sea levels, the city is looking to the example of the Netherlands in using nature as a tool in coastal preservation. In the Netherlands, the Maeslant storm surge barrier was built 23 years ago with the ability to block out waters to prevent flooding. In recent years, however, the Dutch have adapted: using green roofs, adding trees as an extra defense in front of levees, and looking to nature more and more to protect cities in the age of climate change.

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  • “We Are Not Lost Causes”

    Mark Obbie

    March 05, 2020 |

    Longreads |

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    Response Location: United States, Rochester, New York

    In Rochester, NY, the Center for Teen Empowerment, a nonprofit that trains youth in community organizing, personal development, and anti-violence, is working to bring kids off the street and into safety. The program, which started in Boston, is centered on four ideas: jobs (paying the youth hired as organizers), teamwork, agency (letting them build their own activist agendas), and peer influence. While hard to evaluate because of its situational, qualitative nature, city officials, including law enforcement, point to the program as a factor in the decrease in violence across the city.

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