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Western Washington University to partner in $30M NSF Center for Braiding Indigenous Knowledges and Science  

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Based at UMass Amherst, the five-year, $30 million international National Science Foundation (NSF) Science and Technology Center will focus on addressing the impacts of climate change, threats to cultural places…Continue readingWestern Washington University to partner in $30M NSF Center for Braiding Indigenous Knowledges and Science  

One Health, One Heart

Where have the trees gone? L.A. area’s green cover down dramatically in just 10 years

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USC Dornsife researchers say mass-produced dwellings and home expansion have reduced residential green cover as much as 55 percent Source: https://today.usc.edu/mass-produced-dwellings-home-expansion-reduce-l-a-areas-residential-green-cover/ May 01, 2017Ian Chaffee Plant a tree, save the…Continue readingWhere have the trees gone? L.A. area’s green cover down dramatically in just 10 years

Community Identity

Zoning in a Pluri-Ethnic / Multicultural Context: a Case Study of Bogota

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The Governmentality of Multiculturalism: from National Pluri-ethnicity to Urban Cosmopolitanism in Bogotá Source: https://doi.org/10.1080/1070289X.2021.1994228 Torino, G. (2021). The governmentality of multiculturalism: from national pluri-ethnicity to urban cosmopolitanism in Bogotá. Identities, 28(6), 699–716.…Continue readingZoning in a Pluri-Ethnic / Multicultural Context: a Case Study of Bogota

Indigenous Land Planning

Transforming planning and policy making processes at the intersections of climate, equity, and decolonization challenges

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Cole, L., Low, M. Transforming planning and policy making processes at the intersections of climate, equity, and decolonization challenges. npj Urban Sustain 3, 46 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42949-023-00126-9 Abstract Cities are facing increasing pressures…Continue readingTransforming planning and policy making processes at the intersections of climate, equity, and decolonization challenges

Indigenous Urban Planning Indigenous Wisdom

Urban Planning and Indigenous Models of Conflict Resolution: Two North American Models

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By Marcie HALE, Los Angeles, California, United States, January 2014 Source: https://www.irenees.net/bdf_fiche-analyse-1015_en.html Urban planners are tasked with mediating between multiple interests, including community, business and government. It is compelling to…Continue readingUrban Planning and Indigenous Models of Conflict Resolution: Two North American Models