6 min. read The recently released IPCC Sixth Assessment Report: Climate Change 2022 (AR6) echoes the growing concern of risks … More
Category: Ecology
Centering a critical urban geography of disaster-prone areas
8 min. read Natural disasters are often identified in the parlance as ‘acts of God’, and their human victims, as … More
The AESOP YA Blog is getting a new design!
2 min read. As we passed the torch to our new YA blog team, one of the decisions we took … More
“The times they are (still) a’changing”: resources for climate transition
Reading time: 6 minutes In 1964, in times of emerging social change across the USA, Bob Dylan sung prophetically that … More
How planners can play a key role in addressing the climate crisis
Reading time: 4 minutes Editor’s note: This post is part of the permanent call for blog posts to mark the … More
Welcome 2021 – a fresh new start!
Reading time: 3 minutes Goodbye 2020, welcome 2021 Without doubt, 2020 was a challenging year for all of us. Equally, … More
Environmental resource mapping
3 min read Guest author: Olga Chepelianskaia (UNICITI) Editor’s note: This post reviews the importance of mapping local environmental resources … More
Placemaking: trends & people
Read time: 4-5 minutes This brief post presents some trends and people that shape the placemaking movement worldwide. See the … More
Top 14 books & events of the 2010s (views from the USA)
Read time: 3-4 minutes As we enter a brand new decade, the American spatial planning community has been generous in … More
Planning around COP25: call for blog posts
The recent UN climate conference COP25 took place in Madrid last December. The conference fell short of consensus in many … More