Urban Environment Lab

Today's Research on the Challenges of Sustainable Development

The current social context surrounding climate change is ushering in a new era of land use, planning, and development, one that reconsiders the role of natural disasters, natural resources, and environmental impacts on the communities in which we live. The Urban Environment Lab engages students, policy-makers, and research partners in collaborative projects and discussions on the determinants of hazard vulnerability, community resilience, sustainable development, and infrastructure adaptation at the intersection of the natural, social, and built environments.

Science for the Planet: In Madagascar, Learning From a Library of Human Experience April 3, 2025
Archaeologist Kristina Douglass explains how past human adaptation can inform solutions to modern climate challenges.
Francesco Fiondella
We Have the Power To Protect Our Planet April 1, 2025
Our Power, Our Planet is the theme of Earth Day 2025, and it invites the world to join together in support of renewable energy.
Olga Rukovets
Poets and Polders March 31, 2025
Continuing on our journey, we visited the shrine and former home of Bangladeshi cultural icons, continued our interviews, and boarded a boat to take us to the embanked islands known as polders.
Mike Steckler
From Mountain Regions to Island States: U.N. Celebrates First World Glacier Day March 28, 2025
U.N. delegates and glaciologists convened to address the profound impacts of accelerating glacial melting, particularly for freshwater resources, mountain communities and small island states.
Guest
A Special Trip to Bangladesh March 25, 2025
In Bangladesh, a large and growing population lives in one of the most dynamic and sensitive environments on Earth, subject to multiple natural disasters and threatened by climate change.
Mike Steckler

Urban Environment Lab

Today's Research on the Challenges of Sustainable Development

State of the Planet