Covid-19 is now a rural and red state pandemic
Covid-19 now disproportionately affects rural America, and is hitting red states harder than blue ones.
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Category: Human Factors
The Human Factors For Vibrant Communities group promotes public-private partnerships that work from a Smart and Connected Cities perspective to directly improve community wellbeing and quality of life.
The Free Food Market
Source: Planet Money – episode originally ran in 2015. When Susannah Morgan was running a food bank in Alaska, she always needed produce. Items like fresh…
Nature in Cities in a Post-Covid-19 World: Don’t Blame Urban Density in a Pandemic
The Nature of Cities If a post-COVID world can move towards more people-centered social infrastructure investment, with ambitious goals for nature in cities and Biophilic…
Building Beloved Community: An EcoDistricts AP Considers Her Work
Ecodistricts Home A large bur oak graces my front yard: with a double trunk, about 35 feet tall, she casts a shady and cooling radius…
Creating a circular economy for toys
Circular Economy on Medium Design matters While these solutions help keep toys that already exist in use, the long-term success of circular business models relies…
Op-Ed: It’s Time to Put Daycares Within Walking Distance of Every Home
Streets Blog Editor’s note: This article originally appeared on The Urbanist and is republished here with permission. Streetsblog applauds Seattle for taking this important step…
Transit Equity: Research and Advocacy Inspires Government Action
Harvard data-smart city “If you want to tackle historic racism and inequality, but you don’t understand the current needs, then you make decisions for the…
Hospitality Designed for Longevity
SERA Architects A while back, I made a site visit to review two different guestroom prototypes for our client’s consideration. The temporary rooms were constructed…
New Data Suggests On-Demand Transit is Essential for Equity
Meeting of the Minds The COVID-19 pandemic and the Black Lives Matter movement have brought much-needed attention to inequitable structures in our society, including how…
Three Online Tools for Public Health Data Projects
Harvard data-smart city Three Online Tools for Public Health Data Projects: Public health and environmental information is crucial for the health of cities, and these…