Telling the Story of Cities
Dear readers, This past year, as we have continued to make sense of what it meant to live with COVID-19’s “new normal,” were also fortunate to explore a wide range of topics that touched on urban mobility, equitable planning, data analytics, misinformation, housing crisis, climate change, special redistricting, participatory planning, tactical urbanism, green spaces, international… Read more Letter from the Editor
by Charley Cohen Well, here we are. The end of the academic year. For a time when it seems that time is a flat circle, where Tuesdays could be Fridays but it’s really Wednesday, we have reached the definitive end of the spring semester. For all the abnormality this year has thrown upon us, Financial… Read more Thinking of a Master Plan: The 10 Most Important Things I Have Learned as a NYU Wagner First Year Master of Urban Planning Student in a Global Pandemic
by Lisa Nyamadzawo Sanitation often lags behind many other services and commodities across the globe. The State of the World’s Sanitation Report by UNICEF and World Health Organization (WHO) estimates an alarming figure of 4.2 billion people, that’s over half of the world’s population without access to proper sanitation. Poor sanitation contributes to over 830,000… Read more Menstrual Hygiene in Africa: A Tale of the Forgotten Women and Girls
by Zainab Al Mansour In the past four decades, the migration movement to cities has resulted in a booming population and a precipitous process of urbanization, which mostly happened at the expense of the green open spaces. In Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the ratio of dwellings outweighs its public green spaces, largely because of the booming… Read more Can We Hope for a City in a Park?
by Sarah Aita In 2007, the World Health Organization (WHO) spearheaded a plan to make cities more inclusive for older populations. Ever since, a growing number of cities and towns have invested in programs and infrastructures in which older adults can age-in-place and lead a healthy, active life. Yet, in the wake of COVID-19, the… Read more Rethinking Age-Friendly Cities After Covid-19