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"Boston Plans For 'Near-Term Risk' Of Rising Tides" [1]

"While many cities around the country grapple with drought and excessive heat this year, city planners in Boston have something else on their minds: the prospect of rising water."

Climate Change [2]
Planning & Growth [3]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: NPR [7], 08/22/2012
September 18, 2012 to September 20, 2012

Climate Change Adaptation Forum Focusing on Food Security and Traditional Plant Use [8]

This forum is for community‐level practitioners, academics, government representatives and community leaders who work in the area of climate change adaptation in First Nations, Métis, and Inuit communities in Canada and Tribes in the United States.

Other Events [9]
Visibility: 
Public [5]
Topics on the Beat: 
Technology [10]
Science [11]
Policy [12]
Planning & Growth [3]
Natural Resources [13]
Health [14]
Government [15]
Forests [16]
Food [17]
Fish & Fisheries [18]
Environmental Health [19]
Disasters [20]
Climate Change [2]
Biodiversity [21]
Agriculture [22]
Region: 
Canada [23]
September 14, 2012 to September 15, 2012

Homburg Academy Summer Institutes International Conference on Advances in Sustainable Real Estate [24]

An inter-disciplinary conference to promote new perspectives and innovation in the urban environment in a global context.

Other Events [9]
Visibility: 
Public [5]
Topics on the Beat: 
Technology [10]
Science [11]
Policy [12]
Planning & Growth [3]
Government [15]
Environmental Politics [25]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Economy & Business [27]
Climate Change [2]
Region: 
Canada [23]

"Scorching Phoenix Plans For An Even Hotter Future" [28]

"The Arizona city already logs more days over 100 degrees than any U.S. city, and climate researchers predict Phoenix will grow hotter still in the coming decades. Planners are taking the projections seriously, and are looking for ways to adapt the city and its residents to a hotter, drier reality."

Climate Change [2]
Planning & Growth [3]
Public [5]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [29]
Source: NPR [30], 08/15/2012

"Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier and Happier" [31]

 

SEJ Publication Types: 
BookShelf [32]
Topics on the Beat: 
Journalism & Media [33]
Planning & Growth [3]
Visibility: 
Public [5]
April 9, 2013 to April 13, 2013

AAG Annual Meeting [34]

Get the latest in research and applications in environment, energy, climate, sustainability, and health GIS at the Association of American Geographers annual gathering in Los Angeles.

Professional Meetings [35]
Visibility: 
Public [5]
Topics on the Beat: 
Wildlife [36]
Water & Oceans [4]
Transportation [37]
Planning & Growth [3]
People & Population [38]
Natural Resources [13]
Environmental Studies [39]
Environmental Health [19]
Disasters [20]
Climate Change [2]
Agriculture [22]
Region: 
California [40]
September 10, 2012 to September 13, 2012

2012 LTER All Scientists Meeting [41]

The Nation's largest ecological research network will hold its triennial meeting at the YMCA of the Rockies in Estes Park, Colorado.

Professional Meetings [35]
Visibility: 
Public [5]
Topics on the Beat: 
Wildlife [36]
Water & Oceans [4]
Technology [10]
Science [11]
Pollution [42]
Policy [12]
Planning & Growth [3]
Natural Resources [13]
Forests [16]
Food [17]
Fish & Fisheries [18]
Environmental Studies [39]
Environmental Politics [25]
Environmental Health [19]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Disasters [20]
Climate Change [2]
Biodiversity [21]
Air [43]
Agriculture [22]
Region: 
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [44]
National (U.S.) [6]

Galveston: Rising Gulf, Coastal Erosion Vex Development Planning [45]

"Work was scarce for architect David Mullican and many Galveston Island builders after hurricane Ike. As damages were assessed, insurance claims disputed and homes were repaired piecemeal, Mullican was out of work for more than a year."

Climate Change [2]
Planning & Growth [3]
Public [5]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [29]
Source: Texas Climate News [46], 08/07/2012
August 15, 2012 to August 18, 2012

Urban Agriculture Summit [47]

Urban agriculture is becoming an essential element of food security, improving access to healthy, affordable food in a rapidly urbanizing world, generating much-needed skills development and local employment, and improving local environmental and community health. The first Urban Agriculture Summit in Toronto, Canada, presented by Green Roofs for Healthy Cities and FoodShare, will be action-oriented.

Other Events [9]
Visibility: 
Public [5]
Topics on the Beat: 
Food [17]
Environmental Health [19]
Economy & Business [27]
Agriculture [22]
Health [14]
People & Population [38]
Planning & Growth [3]
Region: 
Canada [23]

Boots on the Ground at Annual SEJ Gathering [48]

  

SEJ Publication Types: 
SEJ News [49]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [27]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Environmental Politics [25]
Food [17]
Journalism & Media [33]
Natural Resources [13]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [50]
People & Population [38]
Planning & Growth [3]
Water & Oceans [4]
Wildlife [36]
Region: 
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [29]
Visibility: 
Public [5]

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