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The quest to build wildfire-resistant homes

Susie Cagle

April 18, 2023 |

MIT Technology Review |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, California

The shelter-in-place approach is slowly becoming a more common way to survive wildfires that are too violent and fast to evacuate. People using this method congregate in “defensible” buildings created with wildfire resilience in mind that sit in an area clear of flammable vegetation and fuel.

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Are 'sponge cities' enough to curb climate-fuelled floods?

Kim Harrisberg

April 18, 2023 |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States

The design firm Arup calculates cities' ability to retain water through nature and helps them implement other solutions to flooding, like building rain gardens or public messaging strategies, depending on individual needs.

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This Evolving 3,000-Mile-Long Park Is Already Improving Cities Along Its Path

Ashira Morris

April 10, 2023 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Durham, North Carolina

The East Coast Greenway is a car-free trail network under development along the East Coast of the United States. The project organizers work with cities along the planned path to build the infrastructure and find funding. The goal is to connect Calais, Maine, and Key West, Florida.

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Amsterdam's 'Smart' Blue-Green Roofs Reduce Urban Flooding

Katherine Latham

April 07, 2023 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Netherlands, Amsterdam

The city of Amsterdam funded a blue-green roofs program to reduce both flooding and the urban heat island effect. The water collection system stores and releases rainwater, the variety of indigenous plants increase biodiversity, and the connected digital network allows them all to be controlled remotely.

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How Tokyo's Farms Have Survived for Centuries

Klaus Sieg

March 10, 2023 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Japan, Tokyo

To protect local farms, Tokyo’s Law on Productive Green Areas allows farmers to register their inner-city urban farms as Productive Green Areas and receive a property tax break. In return, landowners agree not to sell or develop the land. The law allowed 1,240 small farms to survive and was recently extended for another 10 years.

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How Norway Can Help Cure America's "Range Anxiety"

Whitney Bauck

March 07, 2023 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Norway

Norway’s electric vehicle adaptation has grown to outpace the sale of fossil-fuel cars. The country’s government accomplished this by investing millions of euros in distributing charging ports, incentivizing electric vehicle purchases, disincentivizing purchases of fossil-fuel cars, and requiring locations like parking garages have electric infrastructure available.

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Dhaka's first metro rail to drive cleaner transport and jobs

Tahmid Zami

February 16, 2023 |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Bangladesh, Dhaka

The city government in Dhaka, Bangladesh, launched the first metro rail line. The metro provides a more reliable transportation option for residents than busses or the congested streets, and it’s run on electricity in hopes to reduce carbon emissions by encouraging people not to use their cars.

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Lessons from Christchurch earthquake recovery for flooded upper North

Kathryn Ryan

February 10, 2023 |

RNZ |

Radio |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: New Zealand, Christchurch

The successful earthquake rebuild model in Christchurch, New Zealand, was a 60-40 cost-sharing agreement between the central government and local governments designed to be centralized and collaborative with contractors doing the rebuilding. This design could be a model for future disaster reconstruction across the country.

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Despite Mixed Reviews, Tiny Home Villages for Homeless People Are Growing

Robert Davis

February 07, 2023 |

Invisible People |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States

Villages of tiny homes are popping up in cities across the United States as temporary housing for people experiencing homelessness.

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As Climate Money Pours In, Some Urban Freeways May Disappear

Edgar Mendez

February 02, 2023 |

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Response Location: United States, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

The Park East freeway teardown was completed 20 years ago and opened up 24 acres of prime real estate that has since seen increased property values, more space for pedestrians and recreation and has generated over $1 billion in private investment. The teardown has also resulted in less vehicle emissions in the area and further development and revitalization of the surrounding neighborhoods. Now, other areas in the city are turning to the success of the Park East teardown to inspire more freeway removals.

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