Posts Tagged ‘urban’

Israeli Military Says Gaza Ground Offensive Has Expanded Into Urban Refugee Camps

The opening of a potential new battle zone threatens to bring a new wave of destruction and displacement. Source

Israeli Troops Battle Militants In Urban Refugee Camp And Across North Gaza

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli troops battled Palestinian militants in an urban refugee camp and outside the gates of a nearby hospital on Tuesday as the army expanded operations across northern Gaza, where residents have been without electricity, water or access to humanitarian aid for weeks. The front line of the war, now […]

Exclusive – World-Renowned Expert on Urban Combat: Hamas ‘Creating’ Civilian Deaths to Stir World Against IDF

Despite the “nightmare” of tunnel warfare, the mission being carried out by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) appears “very successful,” though Israel doesn’t have unlimited time, according to retired United States Army Major and urban warfare expert John Spencer, who deemed Hamas an “existential threat” whose strategy is to “create their own civilians’ deaths and […]

Urban Revival Stalls As Office-to-Apartment Conversions Face Financial Fiasco

Urban Revival Stalls As Office-to-Apartment Conversions Face Financial Fiasco Transforming vacant office buildings into apartments was supposed to solve so many problems, however the reality of doing so has been anything but straightforward. This 1989 building near the White House was once occupied by the Department of Justice. Photograph by Evy Mages In 2022, less […]

Wildlife living in cities exemplify ‘urban trait syndrome,’ study says

What can city dwellers do to help create and nurture a healthier environment for urban wildlife? Source

Urban Violent Crime & Legal Gun Ownership: A Story of Geographical Assault in the U.S.

Violent crime costs American taxpayers more than $800 billion U.S.D. Annually according to this report. However, this isn’t the most sinister aspect of violence-related victimization in the United States. Recent reports indicate that there are 366.7 victims of violent crimes for every 100,000 people in the U.S. The highest violent crime rate in the U.S. occurs […]

Thessaloniki Urban Transport employees to strike on Thursday

Employees of the Urban Transport Organisation of Thessaloniki (OASTH) announced on Tuesday their intentions to participate in a 24-hour strike declared by the General Confederation of Employees of Greece (GSEE) on Thursday, March 16, 2023. On the day of the 24-hour strike, 50 buses operated by a skeleton staff will be in circulation, while the […]

Urban authorities set the example with urban lighting switch off

To save energy, many cities have decided to restrict the lighting up of public buildings, especially monuments. That’s the case in Lyon in the southeast of France. Setting an example The city’s well-known for its Festival of Lights on December the 8th. That event hasn’t been called into question – yet – but the green-led […]

Urban authorities set the example with urban lighting switch off

To save energy, many cities have decided to restrict the lighting up of public buildings, especially monuments. That’s the case in Lyon in the southeast of France. Setting an example The city’s well-known for its Festival of Lights on December the 8th. That event hasn’t been called into question – yet – but the green-led […]

Urban authorities set the example with urban lighting switch off

To save energy, many cities have decided to restrict the lighting up of public buildings, especially monuments. That’s the case in Lyon in the southeast of France. Setting an example The city’s well-known for its Festival of Lights on December the 8th. That event hasn’t been called into question – yet – but the green-led […]

Dollar Purchasing Power Plunges. Inflation +6.2%. For Urban Wage Earners +6.9%, Highest in 40 years, Most Monstrously Overstimulated Economy Ever.

Fed still printing money and repressing “real” interest rates to negative 6%, new vehicle prices spike by most since 1975, housing CPI jumps, food & energy soar. By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET: The broadest Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) spiked 0.9% in October from September, and by 6.2% from a year ago, the highest since November 1990 (6.3%) and since […]

Shindy’S 2021 Urban Container Garden

Cooking with Shindy Growing an entirely container garden on a 22 ft * 22 ft concrete patch in Brooklyn, cultivates patience and gratitude right alongside your produce. I started this blog during the early stages of the COVID 19 pandemic in 2020. My experience in 2021 compared to 2020 can be described by the financial […]

Biddeford, Maine Fights Urban Heating

Above Photo: A man crosses the street in downtown Biddeford on a scorching Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021. Troy R. Bennett / BDN. Biddeford, Maine — Duane Dennison knows more than most about the effects of hotter summers and heat lingering into the night: He lives near the Saco River in a tent community of about […]

Barbarians versus Romans: Violence and Urban Life in Late Antiquity

The image of the savage, violent barbarian is well-entrenched in Western culture and has been a part of our literary, popular culture and even our language for centuries. Most people would not question the association between “barbarian” peoples and violence, but why do we assume that the “uncivilized” or the “savages” are inherently violent? Where […]

Two Major Discoveries at One of the First Urban Centers, Çatalhöyük

The massive Neolithic and Chalcolithic proto-city site of Çatalhöyük in Anatolia, Turkey was a flourishing center between 7100 BC and 5700 BC, and it attained the status of a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2012. Now it is making archaeological headlines once again for amazing discoveries made during excavations and research. Excavations being carried out […]

Transport, urban development projects worth over $5.1b inaugurated

Transport, urban development projects worth over $5.1b inaugurated – Tehran%20Times TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani on Thursday inaugurated several major transportation and urban development projects worth 214.23 trillion rials (over $5.1 billion) across the country through video conferencing, IRNA reported. The mentioned projects, including 37 transport projects and numerous sport-venue projects, were inaugurated in the […]

 Only 2% of Urban Poor Residents Fully Vaccinated and only 16% Received First Dose: Survey Study 

A survey study conducted by the Indo Global Social Service Society has found that only 2% of slum/basti dwellers have been fully vaccinated (with 2 doses) and that a little over 16% of them have received their first dose since the vaccination was made available for all above 18. As the second wave of COVID-19 […]

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China aiming to reuse 60% of urban household refuse by 2025 as Beijing strives for less wasteful future

China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has said the country is aiming to increase the amount of urban household waste it reuses by 50% as Beijing targets a holistic approach to climate change. The NDRC admitted on Thursday that the country had failed to meet some of its 2016-2020 targets for waste management, adding […]

Portraits Of Houston’s Black Urban Farmers

Portraits Of Houston’s Black Urban Farmers Above photo: Ivy Wells brings farming and the love of plants to the Sunnyside neighborhood of Houston, Texas. Here, she assists a customer at one of her pop-up plant sales. Texas is home to more Black farmers than any state. The USDA’s Census of Agriculture estimated in 2017 that of the […]

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