Zachary Lamb
@zacharylamb.bsky.social
UC Berkeley, Department of City and Regional Planning.
'The Equitably Resilient City: Solidarities and Struggles in the Face of Climate Crisis' (MIT Press 2024)
https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262549868/the-equitably-resilient-city
'The Equitably Resilient City: Solidarities and Struggles in the Face of Climate Crisis' (MIT Press 2024)
https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262549868/the-equitably-resilient-city
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The Equitably Resilient City: Solidarities and Struggles in the Face of Climate Crisis
Twelve global planning and urban design interventions—and what they reveal about equity-centered urban resilience in the face of climate change.Hillside fa
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'The Equitably Resilient City: Solidarities and Struggles in the Face of Climate Crisis' is now available from MIT Press for free open access download:
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Just learning of Sara Terry's death. Such a loss. We only met a couple of times, but I was so impressed and inspired by how she brought humanity, joy, and creativity to her work, even as she dealt with really dark and difficult subjects.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/a....
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/a....
Sara Terry, Photographer Who Captured War’s Aftermath, Dies at 70
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Just learning of Sara Terry's death. Such a loss. We only met a couple of times, but I was so impressed and inspired by how she brought humanity, joy, and creativity to her work, even as she dealt with really dark and difficult subjects.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/a....
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/a....
NEW (open access) PAPER IN JAPA:
Can Mobile Home Parks Be Good Urbanism?
Spoiler: YES! By many measures of 'good urbanism,' mobile home parks are as good or better than neighboring residential areas.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Can Mobile Home Parks Be Good Urbanism?
Spoiler: YES! By many measures of 'good urbanism,' mobile home parks are as good or better than neighboring residential areas.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:47 PM
NEW (open access) PAPER IN JAPA:
Can Mobile Home Parks Be Good Urbanism?
Spoiler: YES! By many measures of 'good urbanism,' mobile home parks are as good or better than neighboring residential areas.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Can Mobile Home Parks Be Good Urbanism?
Spoiler: YES! By many measures of 'good urbanism,' mobile home parks are as good or better than neighboring residential areas.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Tell me again how it's bad that Bowdoin taught Mamdani to see 'historical events from the perspective of marginalized and oppressed groups'?
Seems a good foundation for leading a global city.
Also the core message of most religious/ethical traditions.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/u...
Seems a good foundation for leading a global city.
Also the core message of most religious/ethical traditions.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/u...
How a Small Elite College in Maine Influenced Mamdani’s World View
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Tell me again how it's bad that Bowdoin taught Mamdani to see 'historical events from the perspective of marginalized and oppressed groups'?
Seems a good foundation for leading a global city.
Also the core message of most religious/ethical traditions.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/u...
Seems a good foundation for leading a global city.
Also the core message of most religious/ethical traditions.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/u...
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Do you live near Berkeley High or Washington Elementary, or do you have children enrolled there? Come join us at a workshop tomorrow to help make walking and biking to, from, and around the schools safer.
📅Oct. 29 5:30-6:30pm
📌Washington Elementary
Community Message:
📅Oct. 29 5:30-6:30pm
📌Washington Elementary
Community Message:
Join workshop to make walking, biking to Downtown schools safer | City of Berkeley
Learn and share thoughts about improving road safety near Berkeley High and Washington Elementary on October 29. Come to an in-person workshop to talk to staff about proposed road changes near Berkeley High and Washington Elementary schools. These changes aim to increase safety for those on bikes and foot in the area.Over the past decade, there have been more than 450 crashes within a half-mile radius of Washington Elementary School. Of those, 46 led to severe injuries. Three people died.The key corridor is Martin Luther King Jr. Way, which separates the two schools. The proposed changes will also stretch to nearby streets.
berkeleyca.gov
October 28, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Do you live near Berkeley High or Washington Elementary, or do you have children enrolled there? Come join us at a workshop tomorrow to help make walking and biking to, from, and around the schools safer.
📅Oct. 29 5:30-6:30pm
📌Washington Elementary
Community Message:
📅Oct. 29 5:30-6:30pm
📌Washington Elementary
Community Message:
This was a fun conversation about our ongoing research on tensions between street safety and fire/EMS operations... and how to overcome them.
StreetSmart 11: Exploring Fire Department Tensions in the “War for Street Space” - cal.streetsblog.org/2025/10/22/s...
StreetSmart 11: Exploring Fire Department Tensions in the “War for Street Space” - cal.streetsblog.org/2025/10/22/s...
StreetSmart 11: Exploring Fire Department Tensions in the “War for Street Space” - Streetsblog California
Why are some fire departments blocking safer street designs? On this week’s StreetSmart Podcast, Damien Newton talks with UC Berkeley’s Zach Lamb about his new report on the tensions shaping the “war ...
cal.streetsblog.org
October 23, 2025 at 2:28 PM
This was a fun conversation about our ongoing research on tensions between street safety and fire/EMS operations... and how to overcome them.
StreetSmart 11: Exploring Fire Department Tensions in the “War for Street Space” - cal.streetsblog.org/2025/10/22/s...
StreetSmart 11: Exploring Fire Department Tensions in the “War for Street Space” - cal.streetsblog.org/2025/10/22/s...
Great story from @kqednews.kqed.org on evictions and other threats facing residents in a San Rafael mobile home park since it sold to a corporate owner known for such tactics.
www.kqed.org/news/1205801...
www.kqed.org/news/1205801...
In San Rafael, Residents of a Mobile Home Park Are Fighting to Keep Their Homes | KQED
Residents say Harmony Communities is using rent hikes and evictions to push families out of one of Marin County’s few affordable housing options.
www.kqed.org
October 23, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Great story from @kqednews.kqed.org on evictions and other threats facing residents in a San Rafael mobile home park since it sold to a corporate owner known for such tactics.
www.kqed.org/news/1205801...
www.kqed.org/news/1205801...
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“At some point it becomes embarrassing, in a craven way, to make a deal for yourself and abandon those institutions that are standing up for academic freedom...”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/u...
Universities Are Standing Up to Trump
www.nytimes.com
October 17, 2025 at 5:37 PM
“At some point it becomes embarrassing, in a craven way, to make a deal for yourself and abandon those institutions that are standing up for academic freedom...”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/u...
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Photos coming out of Western AK are devastating.
Hardest hit are indigenous villages off road system, many miles by air from supplies. Most built on river deltas w/ no high ground to which to escape.
Cuts to NASA/NOAA mean worse weather data. Cuts to EPA mean no grants for erosion control. Etc.
Hardest hit are indigenous villages off road system, many miles by air from supplies. Most built on river deltas w/ no high ground to which to escape.
Cuts to NASA/NOAA mean worse weather data. Cuts to EPA mean no grants for erosion control. Etc.
These are mostly indigenous communities in Alaska that have been slammed by the storm.
The local manager of a small airline fleet says he is the only one doing evacuations right now!
Defund FEMA and people are abandoned. Defund public media and no-one knows.
FYI, today is Indigenous Peoples Day.
The local manager of a small airline fleet says he is the only one doing evacuations right now!
Defund FEMA and people are abandoned. Defund public media and no-one knows.
FYI, today is Indigenous Peoples Day.
October 13, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Photos coming out of Western AK are devastating.
Hardest hit are indigenous villages off road system, many miles by air from supplies. Most built on river deltas w/ no high ground to which to escape.
Cuts to NASA/NOAA mean worse weather data. Cuts to EPA mean no grants for erosion control. Etc.
Hardest hit are indigenous villages off road system, many miles by air from supplies. Most built on river deltas w/ no high ground to which to escape.
Cuts to NASA/NOAA mean worse weather data. Cuts to EPA mean no grants for erosion control. Etc.
Reposted by Zachary Lamb
Just go.
San Francisco is losing its best piece of art
Just go.
bit.ly
September 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Just go.
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Applications are due next Sunday October 5th for the @cplusc.bsky.social Housing Policy Manager role, spread the word!
‼️ Join my team ‼️ @cplusc.bsky.social is hiring a Housing Policy Manager to help advance progressive housing and climate solutions alongside some of the best tenant unions, labor unions, policymakers, and researchers in the field.
Apply here by Oct 5! climateandcommunity.org/careers/
Apply here by Oct 5! climateandcommunity.org/careers/
Work With Us - Climate and Community Institute
Job opportunities at the Climate and Community Institute
climateandcommunity.org
September 25, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Applications are due next Sunday October 5th for the @cplusc.bsky.social Housing Policy Manager role, spread the word!
Reposted by Zachary Lamb
The US DOT is on an all-out campaign to defund city-designed projects that prioritize pedestrians and bikers.
To explain why it was cancelling a San Diego project, the US DOT complained that it “appears to reduce lane capacity and [has] a road diet that is hostile to motor vehicles."
To explain why it was cancelling a San Diego project, the US DOT complained that it “appears to reduce lane capacity and [has] a road diet that is hostile to motor vehicles."
Trump is rescinding road safety grants all over the country, in blue states and red ones.
The reason: those projects are "hostile" to cars.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The reason: those projects are "hostile" to cars.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump Cancels Trail, Bike-Lane Grants Deemed ‘Hostile’ to Cars
The Trump administration canceled grants for street safety measures, pedestrian trails and bike lanes in communities around the country this month, each time offering a simple rationale for yanking ba...
www.bloomberg.com
September 22, 2025 at 7:18 PM
The US DOT is on an all-out campaign to defund city-designed projects that prioritize pedestrians and bikers.
To explain why it was cancelling a San Diego project, the US DOT complained that it “appears to reduce lane capacity and [has] a road diet that is hostile to motor vehicles."
To explain why it was cancelling a San Diego project, the US DOT complained that it “appears to reduce lane capacity and [has] a road diet that is hostile to motor vehicles."
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Owners of older, wood-framed homes in Berkeley can apply online to qualify for grants to strengthen their homes’ resiliency to major earthquakes.
Apply by October 1 to enter the Earthquake Brace + Bolt program lottery. 🏡💪
Learn more: berkeleyca.gov/commu...
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Apply by October 1 to enter the Earthquake Brace + Bolt program lottery. 🏡💪
Learn more: berkeleyca.gov/commu...
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Apply to help make your house safer from earthquakes | City of Berkeley
Apply by Oct. 1 to enter a randomized lottery and potentially qualify for a home retrofit grant of up to $3,000 – or $10,000 for lower income households. Owners of older, wood-framed homes in Berkeley can apply online to qualify for grants to strengthen their homes’ resiliency to major earthquakes.Owners of these homes – wood-framed, pre-1980 homes with a raised foundation or crawl space under the home – would receive up to $3,000 for this work. Households making less than $89,040 per year can receive $7,000 more.Rental property owners of homes with four units or less can also qualify. These owners, who do not need to live in one of the units to qualify, can apply to retrofit up to five qualifying rental properties.
berkeleyca.gov
September 3, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Owners of older, wood-framed homes in Berkeley can apply online to qualify for grants to strengthen their homes’ resiliency to major earthquakes.
Apply by October 1 to enter the Earthquake Brace + Bolt program lottery. 🏡💪
Learn more: berkeleyca.gov/commu...
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Apply by October 1 to enter the Earthquake Brace + Bolt program lottery. 🏡💪
Learn more: berkeleyca.gov/commu...
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Reposted by Zachary Lamb
A driver struck three people during the morning commute in Berkeley on Tuesday, sending all three to the hospital, authorities say. He then abandoned his car near Emerson Elementary and tried to carjack someone, according to police.
Berkeley police: Driver arrested after striking 3 people
The suspect attempted to flee after abandoning his car near Emerson Elementary and trying to carjack someone, according to police.
www.berkeleyscanner.com
September 16, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A driver struck three people during the morning commute in Berkeley on Tuesday, sending all three to the hospital, authorities say. He then abandoned his car near Emerson Elementary and tried to carjack someone, according to police.
Thanks to JAPA and Dr. Renia Ehrenfeucht for the thoughtful review of 'The Equitably Resilient City: Solidarities and Struggles in the Face of Climate Crisis'.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The review is open access for the next few weeks.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The review is open access for the next few weeks.
The Equitably Resilient City: Solidarities and Struggles in the Face of Climate Crisis
Published in Journal of the American Planning Association (Ahead of Print, 2025)
www.tandfonline.com
September 9, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Thanks to JAPA and Dr. Renia Ehrenfeucht for the thoughtful review of 'The Equitably Resilient City: Solidarities and Struggles in the Face of Climate Crisis'.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The review is open access for the next few weeks.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The review is open access for the next few weeks.
My kids' school wants everyone to fill out this application. "Is your child enrolled in Berkely Unified School District?" Options: "Forks" or "No".... Ummm "Forks" I guess.
September 5, 2025 at 6:01 AM
My kids' school wants everyone to fill out this application. "Is your child enrolled in Berkely Unified School District?" Options: "Forks" or "No".... Ummm "Forks" I guess.
Reposted by Zachary Lamb
My lab's been attacked by an anti-wind group and their lawyers. They threatened the science funding of my whole university, to shut me and my undergraduate research assistants up.
NYT just covered it. 1/n
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...
NYT just covered it. 1/n
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...
Law Firm Pressures Brown University to Erase Research on Anti-Wind Groups
www.nytimes.com
August 25, 2025 at 11:32 AM
My lab's been attacked by an anti-wind group and their lawyers. They threatened the science funding of my whole university, to shut me and my undergraduate research assistants up.
NYT just covered it. 1/n
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...
NYT just covered it. 1/n
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...
It was great to share this new research on street safety and fire/EMS response on this week's CPBS webinar. Thanks to @streetsblogsf.bsky.social for getting the word out!
Study: Fire Departments and Street Safety - sf.streetsblog.org/2025/08/20/s...
Study: Fire Departments and Street Safety - sf.streetsblog.org/2025/08/20/s...
Study: Fire Departments and Street Safety - Streetsblog San Francisco
The Center for Bicyclist and Pedestrian Safety and UC Berkeley's planning department research why fire departments and street safety advocates sometimes clash
sf.streetsblog.org
August 22, 2025 at 4:19 PM
It was great to share this new research on street safety and fire/EMS response on this week's CPBS webinar. Thanks to @streetsblogsf.bsky.social for getting the word out!
Study: Fire Departments and Street Safety - sf.streetsblog.org/2025/08/20/s...
Study: Fire Departments and Street Safety - sf.streetsblog.org/2025/08/20/s...
Reposted by Zachary Lamb
Seminal paper published by Althoff et al. in Nature last week.
"...moving from a less walkable (25th percentile) city to a more walkable city (75th percentile) increased walking by 1,100 daily steps, on average."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
"...moving from a less walkable (25th percentile) city to a more walkable city (75th percentile) increased walking by 1,100 daily steps, on average."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Countrywide natural experiment links built environment to physical activity - Nature
By analysing the smartphone data of 2,112,288 participants, in particular observing and comparing the activity of the same individual in two different environments, we find that increases in the walka...
www.nature.com
August 19, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Seminal paper published by Althoff et al. in Nature last week.
"...moving from a less walkable (25th percentile) city to a more walkable city (75th percentile) increased walking by 1,100 daily steps, on average."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
"...moving from a less walkable (25th percentile) city to a more walkable city (75th percentile) increased walking by 1,100 daily steps, on average."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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OP-ED: Berkeley has released a draft of its long-awaited Bike Plan update. In some ways, Walk Bike Berkeley argues, the plan is a step backward, making it harder to deliver local bicycle improvements. But it's not too late to weigh in.
Op-ed: Berkeley Bike Plan draft falls short. Speak up this week
Give Berkeley Bike Plan input at public meetings Tuesday and Thursday. You can also send written comments by Sept. 26.
www.berkeleyscanner.com
August 19, 2025 at 3:40 AM
OP-ED: Berkeley has released a draft of its long-awaited Bike Plan update. In some ways, Walk Bike Berkeley argues, the plan is a step backward, making it harder to deliver local bicycle improvements. But it's not too late to weigh in.
Reposted by Zachary Lamb
Give your input to the City of Berkeley to increase bicyclist safety!
Attend the virtual workshop on 8/19, 5:30 - 6:30 PM. Register in advance for the Zoom meeting for chance to win a $25 gift card! tinyurl.com/5xhdht8u
You can also email your comments to bicycleplan@berkeleyca.gov by 9/26.
Attend the virtual workshop on 8/19, 5:30 - 6:30 PM. Register in advance for the Zoom meeting for chance to win a $25 gift card! tinyurl.com/5xhdht8u
You can also email your comments to bicycleplan@berkeleyca.gov by 9/26.
Give input to increase bicyclist safety
Join an Aug. 19 virtual workshop to learn more and give input. Send email comments by Sep. 26. Let us know in a virtual workshop or via email how to make it safer to bike in Berkeley and strengthen ou...
berkeleyca.gov
August 14, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Give your input to the City of Berkeley to increase bicyclist safety!
Attend the virtual workshop on 8/19, 5:30 - 6:30 PM. Register in advance for the Zoom meeting for chance to win a $25 gift card! tinyurl.com/5xhdht8u
You can also email your comments to bicycleplan@berkeleyca.gov by 9/26.
Attend the virtual workshop on 8/19, 5:30 - 6:30 PM. Register in advance for the Zoom meeting for chance to win a $25 gift card! tinyurl.com/5xhdht8u
You can also email your comments to bicycleplan@berkeleyca.gov by 9/26.
Reposted by Zachary Lamb
Thank you @mayoradenaishii.bsky.social and @berkeleyca.gov for taking this on and promoting it. It means a huge amount to me.
Give your input to the City of Berkeley to increase bicyclist safety!
Attend the virtual workshop on 8/19, 5:30 - 6:30 PM. Register in advance for the Zoom meeting for chance to win a $25 gift card! tinyurl.com/5xhdht8u
You can also email your comments to bicycleplan@berkeleyca.gov by 9/26.
Attend the virtual workshop on 8/19, 5:30 - 6:30 PM. Register in advance for the Zoom meeting for chance to win a $25 gift card! tinyurl.com/5xhdht8u
You can also email your comments to bicycleplan@berkeleyca.gov by 9/26.
Give input to increase bicyclist safety
Join an Aug. 19 virtual workshop to learn more and give input. Send email comments by Sep. 26. Let us know in a virtual workshop or via email how to make it safer to bike in Berkeley and strengthen ou...
berkeleyca.gov
August 14, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Thank you @mayoradenaishii.bsky.social and @berkeleyca.gov for taking this on and promoting it. It means a huge amount to me.
*JOB ALERT*
Urban design / planning scholars:
The Department of City and Regional Planning (DCRP) at UC Berkeley is hiring a tenure-track faculty position in “Design and Urban Transformation.”
aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05040
Urban design / planning scholars:
The Department of City and Regional Planning (DCRP) at UC Berkeley is hiring a tenure-track faculty position in “Design and Urban Transformation.”
aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05040
Assistant Professor - Design & Urban Transformation – City and Regional Planning
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
aprecruit.berkeley.edu
August 12, 2025 at 9:29 PM
*JOB ALERT*
Urban design / planning scholars:
The Department of City and Regional Planning (DCRP) at UC Berkeley is hiring a tenure-track faculty position in “Design and Urban Transformation.”
aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05040
Urban design / planning scholars:
The Department of City and Regional Planning (DCRP) at UC Berkeley is hiring a tenure-track faculty position in “Design and Urban Transformation.”
aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05040
“Positioned for a subdivision into multiple single-family residential parcels, one large single-family property"
Not good. Rezone. Retain ownership. Lease to a developer for med/high density housing.
Berkeley’s vacant Oxford Elementary site is for sale for $3M www.berkeleyside.org/2025/08/06/b...
Not good. Rezone. Retain ownership. Lease to a developer for med/high density housing.
Berkeley’s vacant Oxford Elementary site is for sale for $3M www.berkeleyside.org/2025/08/06/b...
Berkeley’s vacant Oxford Elementary site is for sale for $3M
Students were moved from the school in 2020 due to earthquake concerns. The property, in North Berkeley, has been publicly owned for over a century.
www.berkeleyside.org
August 7, 2025 at 12:19 AM
“Positioned for a subdivision into multiple single-family residential parcels, one large single-family property"
Not good. Rezone. Retain ownership. Lease to a developer for med/high density housing.
Berkeley’s vacant Oxford Elementary site is for sale for $3M www.berkeleyside.org/2025/08/06/b...
Not good. Rezone. Retain ownership. Lease to a developer for med/high density housing.
Berkeley’s vacant Oxford Elementary site is for sale for $3M www.berkeleyside.org/2025/08/06/b...
UC Berkeley Job Announcement:
SafeTREC _ Traffic Safety Data Analyst
See jobs.berkeley.edu(link is external), job #79736.
Access the full job description for the Traffic Safety Data Analyst (6256U), #79736(link is external)
SafeTREC _ Traffic Safety Data Analyst
See jobs.berkeley.edu(link is external), job #79736.
Access the full job description for the Traffic Safety Data Analyst (6256U), #79736(link is external)
July 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
UC Berkeley Job Announcement:
SafeTREC _ Traffic Safety Data Analyst
See jobs.berkeley.edu(link is external), job #79736.
Access the full job description for the Traffic Safety Data Analyst (6256U), #79736(link is external)
SafeTREC _ Traffic Safety Data Analyst
See jobs.berkeley.edu(link is external), job #79736.
Access the full job description for the Traffic Safety Data Analyst (6256U), #79736(link is external)
Excited to have an article on housing, finance, and climate change in this special issue. It was a fun and wide-ranging conversation with @ianguelovski.bsky.social @lindashi.bsky.social, @savannahcox.bsky.social, and others.
With the right funding, cities can better protect people from devastating climate impacts like heat, flooding, and storms.
But local governments often miss out on the money they need, even in wealthier cities.
Read all about it in our latest journal issue: utppublishing.com/toc/jccpe/4/1
But local governments often miss out on the money they need, even in wealthier cities.
Read all about it in our latest journal issue: utppublishing.com/toc/jccpe/4/1
Contents | Journal of City Climate Policy and Economy 4, 1
utppublishing.com
July 24, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Excited to have an article on housing, finance, and climate change in this special issue. It was a fun and wide-ranging conversation with @ianguelovski.bsky.social @lindashi.bsky.social, @savannahcox.bsky.social, and others.