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New research on house sparrows in three Australian towns revealed subtle but disturbing effects of pollution. If city living is harming birds, what about people?
More than one year after the Supreme Court’s Grants Pass v. Johnson ruling, a geographer who researches homelessness finds that the ruling is leading to more places criminalizing homelessness.
A hurricane that wreaked havoc from Louisiana to New York City, the Texas freeze and devastating western wildfires topped NOAA’s list of billion-dollar disasters in 2021.
Left-wing terrorism had its heyday in the 1960s-80s, and though some threats remain today, groups like Antifa are known more for low-level violence, not significant terrorist actions.
Many homes, parks and businesses in US cities stand on former manufacturing sites that may have left legacy hazardous wastes behind. A new book calls for more research into our urban industrial past.
Cities overseas that have been able to overcome the affordable housing challenges facing cities like Melbourne have adopted a coordinated and systemic approach to scaling up solutions that work.
Popular as gondolas in ski-fields around the world, cable cars, aerial trams, wires or ropeways are increasingly used for mass transit in progressive cities. Is this the future for Australian cities?
How to move beyond the warm words about tackling urban heat islands to doing something about them.
A study of Australian and US cities has demonstrated that pet ownership strengthens people’s connections with their neighbours.
Oregon has been a pioneer state for LGBTQ elected officials – against a background of fierce ideological battles.
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Associate Professor, UNSW
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Housing Policy Researcher, Expert Advisor, Housing Assessment Resource Tools and Adjunct Professor, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Professor in Public Health, Institute for Health Research, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Oregon
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Research associate, The University of Melbourne
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Research Coordinator, University of Toronto
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Associate Professor of Meteorology, Central Michigan University
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Professor of Sociology and Environment and Society, Brown University
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Associate Professor, Terrorism and Security Studies, Charles Sturt University
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Professor of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, University of Dayton
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Professor of Sociology, Rice University
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Climate scientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Cooperative Extension Forester and Natural Resources Advisor, University of California, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources
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Professor of Sustainability Science, Edinburgh Napier University
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Professor of Climate Science, UMass Lowell