NASA Visible Earth: Smog Layer Over Upstate New York
NASA's Visible Earth catalog of NASA images and animations of our home planet...Astronauts in the STS-92 Space Shuttle took this photograph of upstate New York in October 2000. The regional...
View ArticleNew York's energy use mapped in patchwork infographic
Columbia University visualisation shows energy use for every block and lot in New York City...Urban energy consumption is mapped out and broken down by city blocks. See it on Scoop.it, via New York...
View ArticleEric Sanderson pictures New York -- before the City | Video on TED.com
TED Talks 400 years after Hudson found New York harbor, Eric Sanderson shares how he made a 3D map of Mannahatta's fascinating pre-city ecology of hills, rivers, wildlife -- accurate down to the block...
View ArticleUrban Earth
Urban adventures to (re)present our habitat through stories, photography, film.. Daniel Raven-Ellison has initiated the Urban Earth film project as a creative way of documenting some of the world's...
View ArticleC40 Cities: Eight Solutions to Address Climate Change
Nearly all cities share the same challenges of energy waste and greenhouse gas emissions in water management, transport, public lighting, and more. Interactive demonstration of eight environmental...
View ArticleC40 Cities: Climate Leadership Group
"Each city in the C40 is unique in its infrastructure and progress in addressing climate change. C40 works to empower cities to connect with each other and share technical expertise on best practices."...
View ArticleWelcome to 1940s New York: NYC neighborhood profiles from 1943, based on the...
The Welcome to 1940s New York website from the CUNY Graduate Center provides photos, color-coded maps, statistics, and a brief narrative for 116 survey areas (approximations of the neighborhoods we...
View ArticleEvolution in a Big City
Using newts, coyotes and mice, Jason Munshi-South shows how animals develop genetic differences in evolution, even within an urban city. This video demonstrates how NYC urban development has impacted...
View ArticleOnline Digital Project
The history of New York City urbanization, data on the present situation of sustainability, and potential solutions for the future.See it on Scoop.it, via New York City Environmental Sustainability
View ArticleAir Pollution and the Health of New Yorkers: The Impact of Fine Particulates...
This lengthy study by the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene was conducted to determine the human cost of air pollution. It focused on effects of the two of the most common air pollutants-...
View ArticleNew York City Bike Share | NYC's new transit option
NYC was launched their Citi Bike program, a new initiative to promote environmentally friendly transportation. This government website provides program information, riding tips, and maps about the...
View ArticleAlex Steffen: The shareable future of cities
http://www.ted.com How can cities help save the future? Alex Steffen shows some cool neighborhood-based green projects that expand our access to things we wa... Alex Steffen discusses the potential...
View ArticleMost Bike-Friendly Cities
According to this infographic, New York is ranked #8 most bike-friendly city in America. Cities were judged based on 5 criteria- their engineering (infrastructure that encourages cycling), education,...
View ArticleWhy Cities? Cities, Scaling and Sustainability | Santa Fe Institute
Cities, Scaling, and Sustainability is a Santa Fe Institute research project that uses an interdisciplinary approach for a quantitative analysis of social organization within cities. This video and...
View Article"Disease and Ethnicity in an Urban Environment" by Cotter and Patrick
John V. Cotter and Larry L. Patrick, "Disease and Ethnicity in an Urban Environment", Annals of the Assosiation of American Geographers vol. 71 no. 1 (1981): 40-49. This academic article analyzes how...
View ArticleNYC Emerges as ‘Green City’ Leader
In a new survey of the sustainability practices and policies of American and Canadian cities, New York placed third overall behind only Vancouver and top-ranked San Francisco. NYC was ranked the 3rd...
View ArticlePlaNYC: A Greener, Greater New York
"Four years ago, we asked what we wanted our city to look and feel like in 2030. A growing population, aging infrastructure, a changing climate, and an evolving economy posed challenges to our city’s...
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