Housing Retaining Skilled Workers in Urban Areas planetizen.com For much of modern history, workers have flooded to cities in search of new opportunities. Places like New York City and Los Angeles have become hubs …
Plastic Horrifying images of lake that’s more plastic than water yahoo.com - Michael Dahlstrom Filled with bottles, toys and containers, a once pristine lake is now more plastic than water. A one-time popular tourist attraction, Bolivia’s Uru …
Human Geography Population Gains and Losses Create Two Americas, and the Difference Is Mostly along Rural-Urban Lines dailyyonder.com - Robert Cushing The overwhelming population growth story of the past 50 years has been the increasing concentration of people in central cities and their suburbs. At …
Poverty Floods in the neighborhood: Mapping poverty and flood risk in Indonesian cities worldbank.org - Jun Erik Rentschler Over the past 20 years, floods have displaced more Indonesians than any other disaster type, causing significant damage and disrupting local …
Liberal View South Korea’s Rural Basic Income Experiment Scheduled for Second Half of 2021 - CounterPunch.org counterpunch.org Is a basic income a solution to inequality? Or is it a policy with serious side effects and little impact to show for the massive financial resources …
India The third tier of government can bolster urban health livemint.com - Nina Badgaiyan,Anurag Kumar A greater role for local bodies can boost urban healthcare but administrative challenges need to be addressed The covid pandemic put a spotlight on an …
MarketWatchCities This long-held economic theory on real-estate prices has been upended by COVID-19 verified_publisherMarketWatch - Jacob Passy The coronavirus pandemic has upended people’s assumptions about rents and home prices in major cities. There’s a prominent economic theory — “the bid …
Cities The Middle East Looks to Innovate Its Way Out of a Water Crisis worldpoliticsreview.com - Dario Sabaghi Rapid population growth, urbanization, economic development and climate change are putting new pressure on the Middle East’s water supply. …
Cities The Internet brings people into big cities, new study suggests phys.org - University of Bristol The widespread proliferation of the internet and information and communication technologies (ICT) has drawn people into urban centers, according to …
ForbesBiological Species More Birds Make You As Happy As More Money Forbes - GrrlScientistConservation of nature is as important for human happiness and well-being as financial security © Copyright by GrrlScientist | @GrrlScientist | hosted by Forbes I felt my lungs inflate with the onrush...
The TelegraphGoogle Earth Watch: Google and Nasa release amazing timelapse of how Planet Earth has changed over 30 years The Telegraph - By Helena HortonDeforestation and the effects of climate change are seen in sharp relief thanks to this new technology Using 20 million satellite photos from the past 37 years, Google Earth can now show viewers the world...
Canada Rural vs. urban Canada: No ‘one size fits all’ COVID-19 recovery theconversation.com - Sarah-Patricia Breen The realities of rural Canada are poorly understood, with the word rural often used as though it’s a monolithic thing. In February, a news article …
Opinion (Canada) Letters to The Sun, April 13, 2021: A doctor's perspective — Vaccination process is far too slow vancouversun.com - Carolyn Soltau My wife and I had our appointments for vaccination recently. Although the entire team, from the parking attendants to the vaccinators, were pleasant, …
Housing How Deregulating Real Estate Markets Can Solve America’s Shortage of Affordable Housing fee.org - Dustin Romney In the early twentieth century, known as the “progressive era,” the United States embarked on a spree of regulatory projects. One such project was …
Caixin GlobalCities China to Make It Easier for Rural Workers and Students to Get Residency Status in Cities Caixin Global - By Wang Xintong, Guo Yingzhe and Yu Hairong China plans to make it easier for migrants to apply for household registration in cities by putting renters on an equal footing as homeowners, said …
Finance Urban joblessness climbs to nearly 10% hindustantimes.com - Prashant K. Nanda India’s job market is facing the heat again with urban unemployment climbing to almost 10% following partial lockdowns in several states. The job …
Maharashtra Why is Maharashtra the Worst-Affected State by COVID-19? An Expert Working at Ground Zero Decodes news18.com - Dr Pradip Awate Recently, we are witnessing a countrywide second wave of COVID-19 infections, which is more fierce and worrisome in Maharashtra. If we have a cursory …
South America ‘We Are Made Invisible’: Brazil’s Indigenous on Prejudice in the City pulitzercenter.org • Contrary to popular belief, Brazil’s Indigenous people aren’t confined to the Amazon Rainforest, with more than a third of them, or about 315,000 …
Cities 3 pressing urban problems Indian cities must solve in the post-COVID recovery verified_publisherweforum.org - Suchi Kedia • The pandemic revealed how Indian cities dependent on those working in the informal economy. • There are three critical shortcomings in Indian city …
Liberal View Gillibrand, Ocasio-Cortez Call on Congress to Help Rebuild USPS With Postal Banking Pilot Programs commondreams.org Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand was joined by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other Democratic lawmakers on Thursday in calling for the U.S. Congress to …
Jerusalem The Master Plan for Building in Jerusalem? Preserve a Jewish Majority haaretz.com - Nir Hasson The westward expansion, tall towers, addiction to cars and damage to open spaces are additional ways the capital is being marred, the city’s former …
Ontario Local environmental groups call on province to expand greenbelt to Simcoe County midlandtoday.ca - MidlandToday Staff 'The sustainability of our farmland, significant wetlands, key shorelines and forests are threatened by the urbanization pressures,' official says
CBC NewsOkotoks Pesky urban deer prompt Alberta town to seek ways to control population | CBC News verified_publisherCBC News A new pilot project being set up in Okotoks, Alta., aims to help keep deer out of people's gardens. Following the results of two surveys conducted by …
Drexel University Urban Ethnographer Elijah Anderson to Address Graduates at Drexel’s University-wide Commencement - DrexelNow drexel.edu Elijah Anderson, considered by his peers as a prolific and ground-breaking ethnographer of urban life, will address graduates at Drexel's …
AvatarFinancial TimesIron Ore If China demands less steel, Australian exporters will suffer Financial Times - Thomas HaleHello from Hong Kong, where the beaches have reopened but mah-jong parlours and karaoke bars remain shut. Our main post today is about one of the defining commodities of China’s response to the coronavirus...
Business InsiderHuman Geography The pandemic has left millennials more divided than ever before verified_publisherBusiness Insider - Hillary HoffowerWidening wealth inequality has been a feature of American life in the 21st century, but the coronavirus pandemic has amplified a growing gap within the millennial generation. Christine Percheski, a demographer...
South China Morning Post China Shanghai looks to five suburbs to reduce population density in China’s commercial hub verified_publisherSouth China Morning Post - Daniel Ren Shanghai’s authorities have unveiled a grand plan to develop new townships out of five suburban districts to relieve the population density in the …
Democracy Prison Gerrymandering prisonpolicy.org - Prison Policy Initiative (New) Correctional Facility and Inmate Locations: Urban and Rural Status Patterns Center for Administrative Records Research and Applications, July, …
Environment Throwing Shade on Climate Change ted.com - Jeremy Hoffman Within a city, temperature can fluctuate greatly between different areas, sometimes by nearly 20 degrees. The explanation for this phenomenon may be …
Ontario Council adopts higher growth target verified_publisherthestar.com - McKinley Leonard-Scott, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter STRATHROY - Whether you blame it on rural depopulation, immigrants settling in smaller urban centres, or the ‘Great Toronto Exodus’, the growth of …
