Life expectancy lower near superfund sites
Lower still for those with low incomesCredit: University of Houston Living near a hazardous waste or Superfund site could cut ...
Tag: Socioeconomics
Could Mario Kart teach us how to reduce world poverty and improve sustainability?
BU environmental expert says the Nintendo racing game has important lessons for social and economic programs that could benefit the ...
South Korea data helps create framework to identify COVID-19 vulnerable areas worldwide
Credit: TTUHSC Though the U.S. and South Korea recorded their first official COVID-19 case on the same day, January 20, ...
nTIDE March 2021 Jobs Report: Job numbers flatten as economic recovery pauses
National Trends in Disability Employment (nTIDE) -- issued semi-monthly by Kessler Foundation and the University of New HampshireCredit: Kessler Foundation ...
Announcing the launch of Global Africa, a new African academic journal
Credit: © IRD - Rafaël Almar With Global Africa, the UGB's LASPAD (Laboratoire d'analyse des sociétés et pouvoirs / Afrique ...
Time to shift from ‘food security’ to ‘nutrition security’ to increase health and well-being
Tufts and Georgetown scientists, and humanitarian José Andrés, call for a new approach to address food and nutrition inequitiesCredit: Samantha ...
Urban growth creates distortions between providers and receivers of ecosystem services
Researchers analyzed socioeconomic and environmental indicators for the 180 municipalities in the mega-region around São Paulo state capital, detecting environmental ...
SMART study finds ridesharing intensifies urban road congestion
The study conducted across the United States revealed the intensity of road congestion increased by almost 1% while the duration ...
1 in 5 Americans did not seek needed medical treatment during the pandemic due to cost
More than 46 million say they still could not afford medical care todayCredit: West Health-Gallup WASHINGTON, DC - March 31, ...
New model to help identify risk factors for reading difficulties in children
Featured intervention is a new book program for babies in Neonatal Intensive Care UnitCredit: Cincinnati Children's Researchers at Cincinnati Children's ...
Gender discrimination threatens crop yield among smallholder farmers in Africa, researchers say
Studies conducted in Tanzania and drawing on case studies across East Africa show that policies giving women better access to ...
Sanfilippo co-edits book on the relationships between privacy, governance, and information
Credit: NichoDesign Madelyn Sanfilippo (School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois) has co-edited a new book, Governing Privacy ...
Mapping COVID risk in urban areas: a way to keep the economy open
Researchers in India use GIS mapping to identify city neighborhoods at highest risk of a COVID outbreak--helping officials place targeted ...
UNM study: As more are vaccinated, it makes economic sense to gradually open the economy
Credit: UNM School of Engineering A University of New Mexico research team conducted a data analysis that has found that ...
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