The Richard Kammann Wellbeing Prize has been awarded to two Otago students this year – Ella Creagh for her research into physical exercise support for marginalised community members and Franz van Beusekom for his masters research into the impact the material and social world has on neurodivergent people.
Study Reveals the Insights of Children in the Planning Process
A recent study of preschoolers shows that small children are intuitive urban planners if anyone ever listens. January 11, 2021, 12pm PST | James Brasuell |
Christina Ergler shares news of new research from New Zealand into the intuitive powers of planning and design found among the lives and opinions of preschoolers and calls for small children to be included among the voices contributing to public planning and design processes.
Ergler explains the methodology of the study, which involved 27 children participating in a variety of activities, including mapping and neighborhood walks. The researchers identified among the children priorities on health services and facilities, public safety, and a concern for non-human lives.
All the city news you can use. By Jeff Wood - Jan 9th, 2021 04:58 pm //end headline wrapper ?>Austin, TX. (Pixabay License).
Every day at The Overhead Wire we sort through over 1,500 news items about cities and share the best ones with our email list. At the end of the week, we take some of the most popular stories and share them with Urban Milwaukee readers. They are national (or international) links, sometimes entertaining and sometimes absurd, but hopefully useful.
Has the pandemic disproved a theory of gentrification? During the pandemic a rise in remote work has led to a falling demand for housing in urban areas as demonstrated by falling rental prices in places like San Francisco and New York. But these price drops perhaps signal something else entirely, that gentrification theories blaming new housing for increased prices are wrong. (
You’ll often hear people blaming high housing costs on luxury apartment construction but market changes during the pandemic might be proving them wrong. What is gained and what is lost as the pandemic cuts down on long commutes. You can’t just create a new Silicon Valley overnight.
Has the pandemic disproved a theory of gentrification? During the pandemic a rise in remote work has led to a falling demand for housing in urban areas, as demonstrated by falling rental prices in places like San Francisco and New York. These price drops could signal that theories blaming new luxury housing for high prices are wrong. (Jake Anbinder | The Atlantic)
2022 last chance to slash emissions to avoid 2C? https://t.co/Lf3RhNlay1
If emissions keep rising we ll be on target to hit 2C in the 2030s (2034 at the earliest according to this analysis which uses a conservative 19th century baseline and looks at the latest climate models which may underestimate Arctic heating and feedbacks).https://t.co/qr9KNHhyol
From that last link,
Under the Paris Agreement adopted in 2015, virtually all the world’s nations pledged to limit global warming to “well below” 2C above pre-industrial levels and also, if possible, “pursue” efforts to cap warming at 1.5C. At present, the world is not close to being on track to meet either target.