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How Forests Near and Far Benefit People in Cities

  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • Water Quality
  • Water Security
  • health
  • Climate
  • biodiversity
urban forest
  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • Water Quality
  • Water Security
  • health
  • Climate
  • biodiversity
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COVID-19 Could Affect Cities for Years. Here Are 4 Ways They’re Coping Now.

  • coronavirus
  • Cities
  • health
  • transportation
New York city transit
  • coronavirus
  • Cities
  • health
  • transportation

RELEASE: Safe, Affordable Sanitation a Pipe Dream for Too Many Households in Global South

  • Towards a More Equal City
  • sanitation
  • waste
  • Cities
  • health
  • Towards a More Equal City
  • sanitation
  • waste
  • Cities
  • health
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To Clean Delhi’s Air, Reform Its Transport System

  • Cities
  • Air Quality
  • health
  • transportation
New Delhi's air quality, already poor, tends to plummet as Diwali ends and winter begins. Photo by Sumita Roy Dutta/Wikimedia Commons.
  • Cities
  • Air Quality
  • health
  • transportation
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India Has the Worst Road Safety Record in the World. A New Law Aims to Change That

  • Cities
  • Sustainable Development Goal 11
  • health
  • road safety
  • Health & Road Safety
busy street from Charminar
  • Cities
  • Sustainable Development Goal 11
  • health
  • road safety
  • Health & Road Safety
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How Does a Flood-prone City Run Out of Water? Inside Chennai’s “Day Zero” Crisis

  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • Aqueduct
  • floods
  • Water Security
  • Urban Development
  • water risk
Chennai
  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • Aqueduct
  • floods
  • Water Security
  • Urban Development
  • water risk
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5 Under-recognized Impacts of Air Pollution

  • Climate
  • Cities
  • Air Quality
  • Sustainable Development Goal 3
  • health
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
Visible air pollution in Delhi, India
  • Climate
  • Cities
  • Air Quality
  • Sustainable Development Goal 3
  • health
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
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Is Your City Really Serious About Road Safety? Look for These 3 Things

  • health
  • road safety
  • transportation
  • Health & Road Safety
Washington, DC
  • health
  • road safety
  • transportation
  • Health & Road Safety
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Q&A: One Woman Aims to Save Kids’ Lives by Redesigning the Roads They Walk

  • Urban Transformations
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • road safety
  • poverty
  • health
  • Health & Road Safety
Ayikai Charlotte Poswayo
  • Urban Transformations
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • road safety
  • poverty
  • health
  • Health & Road Safety
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Urban Transformations: In Tanzania’s Capital, Safer Children Mean Better Neighborhoods

  • Urban Transformations
  • road safety
  • human rights
  • poverty
  • health
  • Urban Development
  • Health & Road Safety
Children in Dar es Salaam
  • Urban Transformations
  • road safety
  • human rights
  • poverty
  • health
  • Urban Development
  • Health & Road Safety
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We Know How to Save Millions from Dying on the World’s Roads

  • health
  • road safety
  • Urban Development
  • Health & Road Safety
Mexico City
  • health
  • road safety
  • Urban Development
  • Health & Road Safety
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4 Steps to Promote Safer Speeds that Save Lives

  • health
  • road safety
  • Health & Road Safety
Speed limit sign and pedestrian crossing in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • health
  • road safety
  • Health & Road Safety
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The Need for (Safe) Speed: 4 Surprising Ways Slower Driving Creates Better Cities

  • Cities
  • health
  • road safety
  • Health & Road Safety
Bangkok traffic
  • Cities
  • health
  • road safety
  • Health & Road Safety

DC’s Metro Closure Shows Why Creating Trust in Public Transit Matters

  • public transit
  • health
  • transportation
  • public transit
  • health
  • transportation
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How to Make Cities Safer by Design

  • public transit
  • road safety
  • health
  • transportation
  • Health & Road Safety
  • public transit
  • road safety
  • health
  • transportation
  • Health & Road Safety
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Designing Safer Cities for Children

  • road safety
  • health
  • transportation
  • Health & Road Safety
Children in Seoul, South Korea. Photo by Brian Negin/Flickr
  • road safety
  • health
  • transportation
  • Health & Road Safety

Transport Plays a Key Role in Urban Air Quality

  • public transit
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • road safety
  • health
  • transportation
Transport plays a growing role in both the global climate and public health in cities like Londrina, Brazil. Photo by Mariana Gil/EMBARQ Brasil.
  • public transit
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • road safety
  • health
  • transportation
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People-Oriented Cities: Designing Walkable, Bikeable Neighborhoods

  • biking
  • Cities
  • road safety
  • health
  • transportation
  • Health & Road Safety
Mexico City has created urban streetscapes around its Metrobús bus rapid transit (BRT) system that support safe bicycling and walking, connecting urban residents to mass transport. Photo by Alejandro Luna/Flickr.
  • biking
  • Cities
  • road safety
  • health
  • transportation
  • Health & Road Safety

Demystifying Transit-Oriented Development

  • Climate
  • Cities
  • Air Quality
  • Energy Access
  • GHG emissions
  • health
  • road safety
  • transportation
  • Urban Development
Transit-oriented development strategies can help urban areas develop sustainably, uniting land use, transport planning, and urban design to create more people-oriented cities. Pictured: Small businesses and pedestrians at a hub near Mexico City’s Metrobús bus rapid transit (BRT) system. Photo credit: Justin Swan/Flickr
  • Climate
  • Cities
  • Air Quality
  • Energy Access
  • GHG emissions
  • health
  • road safety
  • transportation
  • Urban Development
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MEDIA ADVISORY: New Report and Panel Discussion on Saving Lives and Improving Traffic Safety with Sustainable Transport

  • transportation
  • road safety
  • health
  • Urban Development
  • Health & Road Safety
  • transportation
  • road safety
  • health
  • Urban Development
  • Health & Road Safety
Silhouettes of children playing swing in turbine wind park at sunset