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SDG11: September 2021 Webinar Highlights with Paramita Rahayu

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The THRIVE project would like to extend our warmest gratitude to Paramita Rahayu for giving a guest presentation at our September Thrivability Matters webinar. The theme of this webinar was United Nations SDG11: Sustainable Cities and Communities. About our speaker Doctor Paramita Rahayu is an associate professor, speaker, and researcher in the Urban and Regional […]

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Urban Slums: How to Sustainably Fix the Problem

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Urban slums are called different things in different places. Favelas in Brazil, townships in South Africa, villa miser in Argentina. There is a sensitivity around the use of the word and its place in politically correct and socially reformative language. But whatever we choose to call these communities, we need to address the suffering of

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Government, Society, Strategy, Sustainability
Kiruna becomes a sustainable city

Kiruna: How to Move a city and Make It Sustainable

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Kiruna has to move. Home to the largest iron ore mine in the world, fractures in the ground from mining activity are threatening to swallow the Swedish town. Far from being daunted by this task, Kiruna is using this as an opportunity to become a sustainable city with a more diverse economy. How to Move

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Government, Innovation, Society, Strategy, Sustainability

Urban Heat Islands: How we can cool our cities

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Many large cities across the world are in danger of becoming all but unlivable due to rising local temperatures. In cities, air, surface and soil temperatures are almost always warmer than in rural areas, with temperatures often up to 10C hotter. This is the urban heat island effect. Urban heat islands are most evident in

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Environment, Health, Society, Sustainability
carbon neutral cities

Carbon Neutral Cities: Mission Impossible?

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In 2014, a collection of leading global cities formed the Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance (CNCA). This alliance committed to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 80% by 2050. Although they account for less than 2% of the earth’s surface, cities are major contributors to climate change. They consume 78% of the world’s energy and produce more

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Government, Sustainability
Bus stops for bees

Why one city has built bus stops for bees

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What do bees and bus stops have to do with each other you ask? Well, continue reading to find out! As the world’s bee populations continue to decline, Utrecht-a city in Holland-has taken steps to welcome these pollinators. Waiting for the bus is typically uneventful, unless you live here. By fitting out over 300 bus

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