Environment

Neighborhood wealth gaps also affect biodiversity

Carmen Gómez-Cotta

The industrial cities of the 18th and 19th Centuries, and the colonies of the 19th and 20th, were designed to draw a line between green, tree-lined, spacious, residential areas and densely-populated working-class districts without natural spaces. This inequality continues to exist today. What are the key factors in avoiding urban fragmentation and restoring biodiversity?

Construction and urban development

From cities that discriminate to cities for everyone: inclusive urban planning

By Yolanda G. Menéndez

Design of cities and towns is a powerful tool when used to exclude certain groups of people. Introducing inclusive urban planning… to correct past wrongs.