In this post, I make the case that there are serious flaws in a recent Urban Institute attempt at modeling, employed in Health Affairs, for new public insurance programs for financing LTSS. For some ...

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Approaching the context of widening political divides and growing economic inequalities. A new spatial contract. Learning how will we live together. These thoughts brought by Hashim Sarkis, curator of ...

This model addresses the fact that most traditional climate models effectively ignore cities entirely, causing them to underestimate the frequency and severity of urban heat waves. Urban areas make up ...

The city of Raleigh, N.C., has used GIS technology to create a digital twin model to inform city work and urban heat mitigation, and is now now weaving in artificial intelligence (AI) to prepare for ...

For decades, the Malaysian dream has been sold with striking consistency: a suburban home, two cars, and a highway promising a smooth 20-minute commute into the city. By 2026, that promise feels ...