Field Notes Toward an Internationalist Green New Deal, from The Ian L. McHarg Center for Urbanism and Ecology, is “intended to open new terrains for scholarship, organizing, contestation, and struggle in the fight for a globally just Green New Deal.” The site hosts data and visualizations on topics including deforestation, mass extinction, oil and gas reserves, international development, and global carceral infrastructure.
Weitzman School in the Media
“Here’s How Slowly New York City Is Moving on Electric Vehicles”
When it comes to catching up with other American cities, New York could learn from Beijing, says Associate Professor of City and Regional Planning Zhongjie Lin.
“Presenting The 2022 Metropolis Future100”
Six Weitzman MArch students--more than any other school in the US or Canada--are among the magazine's top graduating architecture students for 2022.
“Forget the 50 states. These scholars argue that America should be broken up into 13 regions.”
A review of the new book from Dean Steiner with Professor Emeritus Robert Yaro and UT's Ming Zhang.
“Where Rising Seas Threaten Drinking Water, Scientists Look for Affordable Solutions”
Allison Lassiter, assistant professor of city and regional planning, is leading an effort to identify areas facing saltwater intrusion on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts.
“What If Joe Biden Paid You to Get Out of Your Car?”
A new report co-authored by The McHarg Center's Billy Fleming lays out a framework for dramatically decarbonizing a typical American’s daily coming and going by 2030.
“In Philadelphia, Demolition of a Louis Kahn-Designed Hospital Raises Thorny Preservation Questions”
William Whitaker, curator and collections manager at the Architectural Archives, helps explain why the hospital was a key early work by the legendary Penn faculty member and colleague Anne Tyng.
