April 27, 2022 // Transportation accounts for the largest share of emissions in the United States. But many U.S. cities benefit by having dense urban footprints. By expanding low- and zero-carbon mobility options, cities can help to build more equitable transportation systems and increase economic mobility. Alison Sant, author of ‘From the Ground Up: Local Efforts to Create Resilient Cities,’…
April 23, 2022 // Harvard Extension School’s Sustainability and Global Development Practice Degree Programs and Dean Nancy J. Coleman celebrates Earth Day 2022. This is an online Zoom event with your hosts Mark Leighton, Associate Director, and Lindi von Mutius, Director, Sustainability and Global Development Practice Degree Programs. Helping communities to thrive in the face of climate change and other…
March 30, 2022 // Hear author Alison Sant, speak as part of the Engaged Urbanism Webinar: Planning the Post-Pandemic City lecture series. Hosted by Dr Neil Galway of the School of Natural and Built Environment, Queens University Belfast, the series explores how we can re-imagine our post-pandemic cities to be more inclusive, green and liveable.
March 16, 2022 // Cities are experimenting with ways of reintroducing nature to be resilient to the rising tides, floods, and extreme weather events caused by climate change. Along urban coastlines, restored wetlands, constructed oyster reefs, and ecotone levees provide critical habitat for birds, bivalves and other species–while buffering severe storms. In urban watersheds, expanding the floodplains of creeks, streams…
February 10, 2022 // From parklets and quick-build projects to its recent Slow Streets initiative, San Francisco has been a leader in experimenting with remaking its streetscapes. However, these programs and their benefits are often unequally distributed. One such example is the Tenderloin, which had fewer public street amenities than most other neighborhoods before the pandemic and was one of…
