Topic: cities

This piece is cross-posted from TheCityFix and originally appeared on TheCityFix Brasil. Read this post in Portuguese here.

When it comes to changing the way we use energy, cities are at the center of the action.

A new guide from EMBARQ helps cities and public transit agencies market public transport.

Houses crudely constructed from sheets of cardboard and aluminum start to appear just south of the Mexico-United States border and stretch across the Mexican landscape. These homes, which are often overcrowded, unstable and made of dangerous materials, provide stark visual evidence of Mexico’s severe housing shortage.

WRI identifies 13 new eutrophic areas around the world.

This interview originally appeared on the Asia Water Project: China website and is reposted with permission.

As a result of rapid development over the last 40 years, the vast majority of land in the southern U.S. has been in some way impacted by humans.

By losing forest, the United States also loses one of its best defenses against climate change.

A wrap-up of key messages from EMBARQ’s Transforming Transportation 2010.

Public-private partnership recognized by John F. Kennedy School of Government