http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu Fri, 24 May 2013 19:28:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/03/07/a-new-primer-on-sea-level/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/03/07/a-new-primer-on-sea-level/#comments Thu, 07 Mar 2013 20:13:30 +0000 Kevin Krajick http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=34864 The threat of sea-level rise--actually, its ongoing reality--has been on many more minds since New York and surrounding areas were walloped during Hurricane Sandy by a record-high storm surge, abetted by a water level that has risen steadily over the last century. That level will keep rising if climate keeps warming, and so, probably, will the frequency of extreme weather. That is why the new book Rising Seas: Past, Present Future by geologist Vivien Gornitz is a timely and important contribution to helping people understand the issue.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/03/07/a-new-primer-on-sea-level/feed/ 2 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/11/02/post-sandy-resources-for-journalists/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/11/02/post-sandy-resources-for-journalists/#comments Fri, 02 Nov 2012 21:26:45 +0000 Kevin Krajick http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=31824 ...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/11/02/post-sandy-resources-for-journalists/feed/ 1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/05/29/architecture-and-urban-design-students-present-innovative-upgrading-plans-for-a-millennium-city/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/05/29/architecture-and-urban-design-students-present-innovative-upgrading-plans-for-a-millennium-city/#comments Tue, 29 May 2012 15:02:50 +0000 Susan Blaustein http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=27343 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.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/05/29/architecture-and-urban-design-students-present-innovative-upgrading-plans-for-a-millennium-city/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/03/07/new-york-roofs-brighter-whiter-cooler/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/03/07/new-york-roofs-brighter-whiter-cooler/#comments Wed, 07 Mar 2012 20:52:43 +0000 Kevin Krajick http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=23589 The results are in for the first study to systematically measure the effects of the city’s fledgling effort to introduce more reflective rooftops in order to reduce cooling costs and the overall heat burden on the city. ]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/03/07/new-york-roofs-brighter-whiter-cooler/feed/ 2 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/10/03/major-spatial-data-collection-released/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/10/03/major-spatial-data-collection-released/#comments Mon, 03 Oct 2011 19:52:42 +0000 Alex de Sherbinin http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=18509 Urbanization poses both challenges and opportunities for sustainable development and environmental management. Improved data on patterns of human settlement and trends in population can help researchers and policy makers better understand differences between urban and rural areas in terms of their impacts on the environment and vulnerability to environmental variability and change. The newly released [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/10/03/major-spatial-data-collection-released/feed/ 1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/09/29/report-from-the-field-the-tro-tro-an-essential-mode-of-transport-in-accra-ghana/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/09/29/report-from-the-field-the-tro-tro-an-essential-mode-of-transport-in-accra-ghana/#comments Wed, 29 Sep 2010 15:16:44 +0000 Susan Blaustein http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=7079 The following is a guest blog, authored by Victoria Okoye, a Millennium Cities Initiative researcher, who has been investigating urban transportation issues in Accra, Ghana. Researching urban transport in Accra, Ghana, this summer on behalf of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly and the Millennium Cities Initiative, I learned a lot about the city’s most well-known, loved, hated, but essential modes of transport. Tro-tros, as they are called here, are minibuses that seat 10 to 19 persons and operate along set routes inside the city. They transport 70% of Accra residents traveling to work and shopping, making it the most widely used form of transportation. ]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/09/29/report-from-the-field-the-tro-tro-an-essential-mode-of-transport-in-accra-ghana/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/06/28/columbia-planning-seminar-on-accra-ghana-sparks-ideas-to-further-the-city%e2%80%99s-development/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/06/28/columbia-planning-seminar-on-accra-ghana-sparks-ideas-to-further-the-city%e2%80%99s-development/#comments Mon, 28 Jun 2010 16:21:51 +0000 Susan Blaustein http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=3639 ...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/06/28/columbia-planning-seminar-on-accra-ghana-sparks-ideas-to-further-the-city%e2%80%99s-development/feed/ 1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/02/19/mayor-of-accra-ghana-speaks-to-citys-challenges-during-visit-to-the-earth-institute/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/02/19/mayor-of-accra-ghana-speaks-to-citys-challenges-during-visit-to-the-earth-institute/#comments Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:03:12 +0000 Susan Blaustein http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=1793 ...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/02/19/mayor-of-accra-ghana-speaks-to-citys-challenges-during-visit-to-the-earth-institute/feed/ 2 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/05/01/the-heat-is-on-can-public-transit-adjust/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/05/01/the-heat-is-on-can-public-transit-adjust/#comments Fri, 01 May 2009 16:54:38 +0000 Kim Martineau http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=297 ...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/05/01/the-heat-is-on-can-public-transit-adjust/feed/ 1