Building Transparency Momentum
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Cities - Articles
Social innovations that improve the health and resiliency of cities (more)
Interrupting the Transmission of Violence
Cure Violence Founder Dr. Gary Slutkin talks about the health approach to reducing violence.
Moving Everyday Gun Violence into View
Mayor Michael Nutter talks about Cities United and preventing gun violence in cities across the United States through cross-sector partnerships.
Helping Cities Remain Strong
A $100 million foundation initiative aims to foster urban resilience in the face of disaster.
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Saviors at City Hall?
Urban leaders offer a model for tackling big global problems that nation-states are failing to address.
Insuring a More Resilient Society
By quantifying catastrophe risk, we can help society better manage it, and make the world safer and more resilient.
Review
Manifest Density
Investment in "hyperdense" cities is, according to one writer, the key to solving many problems that afflict US society.
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Confronting Suburban Poverty in America
Confronting Suburban Poverty in America offers a new look at American poverty as well as recommendations for combating it.
Calling for a Triple Bottom Line Design Metric
A fledgling program trains designers to consider the ecological, economic, and social issues shaping the built environment.
Housing the Homeless
Common Ground helps reduce the number of people sleeping on New York City streets by opening residential buildings for the homeless and impaired.