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1. Integrated Policy and Planning for Connectivity Conservation

   Lessons from Kenya, Romania, and Vermont, U.S.A.
   Documentos de trabajo
   Junio 2022
   Zachary Wurtzebach

   Ecological connectivity—the unimpeded movement of species and the flow of natural processes that sustain life on earth—is fundamental for biodiversity conservation in the 21st century. In...

2. Podcast: Mayor Miro Weinberger on the Fossil Fuel-Free Future of Burlington, Vermont

   Videos y multimedia
   Mayo 2022
   Season 3, Episode 3 of the Land Matters podcast with Anthony Flint and Miro Weinberger. 

   Burlington, Vermont—already sourcing 100 percent of its energy from renewables—is pledging to end all use of fossil fuels by 2030. In a Land Matters podcast, Mayor Miro Weinberger...

3. Podcast: Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin and the Realities of Revitalization

   Videos y multimedia
   Marzo 2022
   Season 3, Episode 2 of the Land Matters podcast with Anthony Flint and Randall Woodfin. 

   Randall Woodfin, Birmingham’s “millennial mayor” and rising star in Alabama politics, has launched an urban mechanic’s agenda for revitalizing that post-industrial city:...

4. Podcast: Kara Swisher on What Tech Can Do for Climate

   Videos y multimedia
   Febrero 2022
   Season 3, Episode 1 of the Land Matters podcast with Anthony Flint and Kara Swisher. 

   The big technology companies could do big things to address climate change, says Silicon Valley chronicler Kara Swisher, host of the Sway podcast at the New York Times. Inventions await in...

5. Podcast: Elizabeth Kolbert Explains How a Toad Might Guide a Better Climate Future

   Videos y multimedia
   Diciembre 2021
   Season 2, Episode 10 of the Land Matters podcast with Anthony Flint and Elizabeth Kolbert. 

   The cane toad, introduced in Australia in the 1930s to control pests, quickly became a major problem itself – one of many examples of human interventions in natural systems that scientists...

6. Building the Breathable City

   What role should land value capture play in China’s ambitions to prepare for climate change?
   Documentos de trabajo
   Junio 2022
   Alexander Lord, Erwin van der Krabben, and Guanpeng Dong

   What impact does air quality have on land values? This fundamental question is at the heart of our intuitive understanding of how cities in the industrial revolution developed. However, we know...

7. City Tech: New Tools for Managing Local Climate Goals

   Revista Land Lines
   Junio 2022
   By Rob Walker, June 15, 2022

   Researchers and practitioners in Minneapolis and Boston are developing tools to help cities capture data related to municipal greenhouse gas emissions, make sense of it, and make plans for a more sustainable future.

8. As Boston Builds Climate Infrastructure, Developers Are Helping to Pay for It

   Revista Land Lines
   Junio 2022
   By Anthony Flint, June 16, 2022

   With 47 miles of coastline vulnerable to the rising seas that come with climate change, Boston is considering a range of innovative techniques to build resilience against the inevitable impacts of climate change. But one of the most groundbreaking feature

9. How Should the Infrastructure Sector Cope with Radical Uncertainties?

   Revista Land Lines
   Junio 2022
   By José Gómez-Ibáñez and Zhi Liu, June 6, 2022.

   How are radical uncertainties like climate change, automation, the sharing economy, and the COVID-19 pandemic affecting the performance of infrastructure, and how will they shape infrastructure in the future? We share insights from the recent Lincoln Inst

10. Land Matters Podcast: Mayor Miro Weinberger on the Fossil Fuel-Free Future of Burlington, Vermont

    Revista Land Lines
    Mayo 2022
    By Anthony Flint, May 18, 2022

    Burlington, Vermont—already sourcing 100 percent of its energy from renewables—is pledging to end all use of fossil fuels by 2030. In a Land Matters podcast, Mayor Miro Weinberger explains how the city got to this point and how it will accomplish its goal