Tag: Cities
As the Trump administration retreats on climate change, US cities are...
Katherine Levine Einstein, Boston University; David Glick, Boston University, and Maxwell Palmer, Boston University
Despite almost universal scientific consensus that climate change poses a growing...
In Las Vegas, excess and fantasy bleed into tragedy
Mark Gottdiener, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
In Sin City, people often do bad things to themselves.
Rather than deal with...
Gentrification? Bring it
Jonathan Wynn, University of Massachusetts Amherst and Andrew Deener, University of Connecticut
In July, a group of long-time, mostly Latino residents of Los Angeles’s Boyle...
Can the world’s megacities survive the digital age?
Christopher H. Lim, Nanyang Technological University and Vincent Mack, Nanyang Technological University
Today, megacities have become synonymous with economic growth. In both developing and developed...
Paris and Los Angeles bids to host Olympics expose deeper crisis...
John Rennie Short, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
It’s official: We now have hosts for the next two Summer Olympics. Paris will host in 2024...
Wall Street landlords are chasing the American dream – here’s what...
Desiree Fields, University of Sheffield; Alex Schafran, University of Leeds, and Zac Taylor, University of Leeds
Owning a family home in the suburbs has been...
Remembering America’s lost buildings
Kevin D. Murphy, Vanderbilt University; Carol Willis, Columbia University; Daniel Bluestone, Boston University; Kerry Traynor, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York,...
Heat waves threaten city dwellers, especially minorities and the poor
Merrill Singer, University of Connecticut
Last week’s record-setting heat in the Pacific Northwest and current triple-digit temperatures in Arizona are the latest reminders that climate...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
