Category: Urbanization
Graduate students in architecture and urban design recently presented their findings and design work issuing out of a collaboration between the Urban Design Lab (UDL) and MCI in the Millennium City of Kumasi, Ghana. At the city’s invitation, and with MCI’s facilitation, the UDL came to Kumasi in early February, to devise solutions to revitalize the severely degraded and impoverished areas of Akrom, Adukrom and Sewabah and to design a comprehensive Women’s and Girls’ Center for the vibrant downtown commercial neighborhood of Bantama.
Category> Urbanization
Tags> Ghana, Kumasi, Millennium Cities Initiative, Urban Design, urban design lab, urban planning
MCI’s Regional Partnership to Promote Trade and Investment in Sub-Saharan Africa held its regional meeting May 7-9, in Mekelle, Ethiopia, where delegations from the three participating Millennium Cities were able to hold extended, frank discussions with their colleagues and with private sector investors, who did not hesitate to describe precisely what it is that local and foreign investors need and look for, in order for their businesses to grow and prosper.
Category> Urbanization
Tags> Kumasi, Mekelle, Millennium Cities Initiative, Millennium Development Goals, Tabora
As the world population grows toward 10 billion, consumption of water, food and energy is expanding at a rate that cannot be maintained without depleting the planet’s resources. If we fail to address these two issues together, we face a grim future of economic, social and environmental ills, warns a new report prepared by a group of scientists and other experts for the Royal Society.
Category> Agriculture-Food, Climate, Economics, Ecosystems, Energy, Gender Equality, Global Health, Poverty / Economic Development, Urbanization, Water
Tags> Education for All, family planning, IMF, population, Rio+20, Royal Society, sustainability, UN, UNESCO, UNFPA, UNICEF, World Bank
The people living on the northeast coast of Japan had learned to expect large earthquakes. But despite being one of the best-prepared nations, they were caught off-guard by the force of the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami that devastated their coastline and led to the meltdown of reactors at the Fukushima nuclear power plant. [...]
Category> Climate, Economics, Ecosystems, Natural Disasters, Poverty / Economic Development, Urbanization
Tags> Adaptation, climate change, Climate Policy, Developing Countries, Earthquakes, education, Global Warming, Infrastructure, New York City, Sustainable Development
The Highline, a park built on an old rail line on the lower West Side of New York City, pays homage to the area’s industrial past while providing locals and tourists alike with a place for repose.
Category> Urbanization
Tags> city parks, Environment, green spaces, Highline, New York City, Sustainable Development
Across sub-Saharan Africa, where MCI is working to help selected secondary cities attain the Millennium Development Goals, more than 150 million adults, or 38% of the adult population, lack basic literacy skills. Fortunately, a number of organizations are working hard to change this. LitWorld, a NY-based NGO dedicated to improving global literacy and a long-time MCI partner, held its third annual World Read Aloud Day on March 7, which presented an opportunity to engage in literacy-building exercises and advocate for global learning opportunities. Students from several Millennium Cities participated, joining others around the world to honor learning and literacy.
Category> Poverty / Economic Development, Urbanization
Tags> Africa, education, Literacy, LitWorld, millennium cities, Millennium Cities Initiative, Millennium Development Goals, World Read Aloud Day
How can we overcome the main challenges we face in our urban wastewater systems today? Are there opportunities to improve sustainability in water treatment systems in US cities to support local food security?
Category> Urbanization, Water
Tags> Infrastructure, Wastewater, water matters, World Water Day
After finally reaching the Mongla and our boat, we settled into our new home. It is a similar design, but much larger than the one we used in September. As we ate dinner and explored the ship, it started the overnight journey to the southeastern part of the Sundarbans where the wildlife is most plentiful. [...]
Category> Agriculture-Food, Climate, Earth Sciences, Economics, Ecosystems, General Earth Institute, Natural Disasters, Poverty / Economic Development, Urbanization, Water
Tags> Asia, Climate and Agriculture, Developing Countries, Earthquakes, Environment, Geohazards in Bangladesh, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Surface Water, Sustainable Development, undergraduate major in sustainable development, water matters
We spent a day on the islands (chars) in the Brahmaputra River seeing the geology and talking to the residents. Then after an evening of feasting and dancing in our new Saris and lungis, we hit the road for the trip to the Sundarbans.
Category> Agriculture-Food, Climate, Earth Sciences, Economics, General Earth Institute, Natural Disasters, Poverty / Economic Development, Urbanization, Water
Tags> Asia, Developing Countries, Earthquakes, education, Environment, Geohazards in Bangladesh, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Surface Water, Sustainable Development, undergraduate major in sustainable development
To help my students in a class on hazards of Bangladesh better understand the country, I am taking them there to experience Bangladesh for themselves.
Category> Agriculture-Food, Climate, Earth Sciences, Economics, Natural Disasters, Poverty / Economic Development, Urbanization, Water
Tags> Asia, Climate and Agriculture, Developing Countries, Earthquakes, education, education news, Environment, Geohazards in Bangladesh, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Surface Water, Sustainable Development, undergraduate major in sustainable development, water matters
