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Book by Serin Houston offers Seattle as case study of urban governance
See related: Food Security, Income, Race & Ethnicity, Social Justice, State & Local, Sustainability, United States, Urban Issues
Maxwell alum John Mandyck discusses sustainability implications in Harvard Business Review
"There is a growing body of data showing that companies adopting sustainability practices outperform their peers," writes John Mandyck ’89 B.A. (PSt)/’92 M.P.A. and his co-author.
See related: Sustainability, United States
Professorship to focus on environmental sustainability and finance
See related: Climate Change, Environment, Giving, Sustainability, United States
Climate Change in the Classroom
New courses and a new major meet University-wide student interest in the challenges of energy, environment, and sustainability.
See related: Centennial, Energy, Environment, New York State, Sustainability, U.S. Education
Jean Mercier co-authors book on sustainable urban transport
Jean Mercier ’82 Ph.D. (PA), adjunct professor of political science at the l’Université Laval, has co-authored a book which explores the governance patterns of three cities in the Americas: Seattle, Montreal, and Curritiba, Brazil. Utilizing theories such as path dependency, institutional culture, and transaction costs, the authors explore how each of these cities responds differently to common challenges in sustainable urban transport.
See related: Canada, Government, Infrastructure, Latin America & the Caribbean, Sustainability, United States, Urban Issues
Schewe study on dairy herd health and antibiotic use published in Journal of Rural Studies
See related: Agriculture, Energy, Religion, Sustainability
International Technology Transfer for Climate Policy
See related: Energy, Sustainability