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UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design @ced_berkeley

UC Berkeley's College of Environmental Design = Architecture | Landscape Architecture Environmental Planning | City Regional Planning | Urban Regional Dev

Joined September 2009
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You may have noticed we haven’t been active here in a while. We’re hanging out over at IG these days— join us there at ced_berkeley.
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Zachary Lamb@zacharylamb
3 Oct 2024
'The Equitably Resilient City: Solidarities and Struggles in the Face of Climate Crisis' is now available for free open access download: direct.mit.edu/books/oa-mono… Get the print edition at 20% off with code 'READMIT20': penguinrandomhouse.com/books… @mitpress @ced_berkeley @MITdusp

The Equitably Resilient City: Solidarities and Struggles in the Face of Climate Crisis

Twelve global planning and urban design interventions—and what they reveal about equity-centered urban resilience in the face of climate change.Hillside fa

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🚨We’re still accepting proposals for the 2023 Arcus | Places Prize, a collaboration with @PlacesJournal supporting public scholarship on gender, sexuality, and the built-environment. Mid-career and senior scholars can apply through September 15!
Places Journal@PlacesJournal
15 Jun 2023
Just announced! We're now accepting applications for the 2023 Arcus | Places Prize, our collaboration with @ced_berkeley. #socialjustice #genderstudies #publicscholarship Details here: placesjournal.org/news/appli…
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The Post and Courier
@postandcourier
27 Jun 2023
The landscape architect for Charleston’s International African American Museum wanted to show visitors history in a new and provocative way, one that depicts the pain and beauty of perseverance simultaneously. postandcourier.com/news/char…

Charleston's IAAM first broaches the Black experience through landscape

The landscape at IAAM aims to represent the journey of African Americans through the trans-Atlantic slave trade

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San Francisco Chronicle
@sfchronicle
21 Jun 2023
Rising groundwater levels propelled by higher seas are a more imminent and wide-ranging threat to the Bay Area than sea level rise itself, according to a new study from UC Berkeley. trib.al/JFdLmhp

The Bay Area faces an imminent threat from sea level rise — but it’s different from what you think

Rising groundwater levels propelled by higher seas are a more imminent and wide-ranging threat to the Bay Area than sea level rise itself, according to a new study from UC Berkeley. 

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Ezra David Romero@climatedaddy_
23 Jun 2023
MAP: More Than 5K Toxic Sites Along SF Bay Threatened by Rising Groundwater, @kzhill @ced_berkeley “It’s like a graveyard. Everything we’ve done in the past is coming up with that groundwater to haunt us in the present.” @kqedscience @kqednews kqed.org/science/1983106/map…

MAP: More Than 5,000 Toxic Sites Along SF Bay Threatened by Rising Groundwater, New Study Finds |...

The study is among the first to pinpoint areas where rising groundwater is at risk of making contact with contaminants and could move them toward the bay or people’s homes.

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Places Journal@PlacesJournal
15 Jun 2023
Just announced! We're now accepting applications for the 2023 Arcus | Places Prize, our collaboration with @ced_berkeley. #socialjustice #genderstudies #publicscholarship Details here: placesjournal.org/news/appli…
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Applications are live now for 2023 Arcus | Places Prize!
Places Journal@PlacesJournal
15 Jun 2023
Just announced! We're now accepting applications for the 2023 Arcus | Places Prize, our collaboration with @ced_berkeley. #socialjustice #genderstudies #publicscholarship Details here: placesjournal.org/news/appli…
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Terner Center@TernerHousing
9 May 2023
Next week! Join our webinar on the emergency housing voucher program. An expert panel will highlight strategies for public housing authorities to ensure EHVs are being successfully leased up. Register here: ternercenter.berkeley.edu/bl…

Past Webinar: Exploring Challenges and Successes of the Emergency Housing Voucher Program: Insights...

The Terner Center hosted a webinar on Wednesday, May 17, featuring leaders from three Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) on strategies for housing people through the Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV)...

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Los Angeles Times
@latimes
5 May 2023
Opinion: California has passed more than 100 housing laws since 2016. Are any of them working? latimes.com/opinion/story/20…

Opinion: California has passed more than 100 housing laws since 2016. Are any of them working?

The state still suffers from high rents and a disproportionate homeless population. But there are signs of progress in Los Angeles, San Diego and other cities.

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Terner Center@TernerHousing
5 May 2023
"California’s housing crisis should indeed serve as a cautionary tale for other states... But the important work of creating a new housing paradigm in California should not be discounted." New op-ed in @latimes from @dagarciajr & @BillFultonVta latimes.com/opinion/story/20…

Opinion: California has passed more than 100 housing laws since 2016. Are any of them working?

The state still suffers from high rents and a disproportionate homeless population. But there are signs of progress in Los Angeles, San Diego and other cities.

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"Saying 'no' to housing is no longer an option in California." California Assemblymember Buffy Wicks inspired us at CED today with her keynote address at the Boyce Housing Studio Symposium. Later on, students presented strategies for building housing in Menlo Park and Piedmont.
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U.S. National Science Foundation
@NSF
4 May 2023
From #StarWars' "Millennium Falcon" to #TheMandalorian's "Razor Crest," @NSF-supported research @ced_berkeley fuels groundbreaking special effects in amazing sci-fi shows & movies. bit.ly/3ATFeKj 📷: A. Kitterman/NSF/@starwars ©/™ Lucasfilm Ltd. #MayThe4thBeWithYou
An illustration of a woman sitting amid small-scale replicas of spaceships and a miniature city.

ALT An illustration of a woman sitting amid small-scale replicas of spaceships and a miniature city.
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RT @danielle_zoe: Congrats to Hannah! @ced_berkeley
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Berkeley Climate Equity Fund@ClimateEquityHH
28 Apr 2023
Moran has a ton of good research on mobility. See the College of Environmental Design @ced_berkeley website at ced.berkeley.edu/people/marc…

People - UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design

Staff, faculty and students of the Department of City & Regional Planning within the College of Environmental Design at UC Berkeley.

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Congress for the New Urbanism@NewUrbanism
20 Apr 2023
Thamesmead Expansion is a series of proposals for a large, transit-oriented site in London. Students at @ced_berkeley won a Student Merit Award in the Neighborhood, District, and Corridor category of the 2023 Charter Awards. #2023CharterAwards #CNU31 cnu.org/publicsquare/2023/04…

A 15-minute city for southeast London

Thamesmead Expansion is a series of proposals for a large, transit-oriented site in London. Students at UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design won a Student Merit Award in the Neighborhood,

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UC Berkeley
@UCBerkeley
22 Apr 2023
@ced_berkeley assistant professor Danielle Zoe Rivera urges for climate justice, saying “If you look at who is emitting the most carbon into the atmosphere versus who is on the receiving end of the worst impacts of climate change, there’s no parity.” bit.ly/3N4Ooe9

The Climate Crisis: Justice and Solutions - Berkeley News

A new series will explore how UC Berkeley faculty, staff and students are confronting the ongoing impacts of climate change

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BHEP@UCBStartup
27 Apr 2023
Replying to @BerkeleyStep
@BerkeleyStep Showcase Day is underway @BerkeleyHaas 💙🐻 10 student teams from across @UCBerkeley @ced_berkeley @BerkeleyISchool @BerkeleyLaw @FungInstitute are pitching for bragging rights. 💪 Big themes: #Sustainability #AI #FamilyHealth #mentalhealth
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Cross-laminated timber (CLT), an engineered wood product, is just emerging as a building material in the U.S. Read about its potential to revolutionize construction, from supply and material manufacture to design — even the role of the architect: ced.berkeley.edu/news/how-cl…
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Despite investment in affordable housing, more than 170,000 Californians experience homelessness any given night. Carolina Reid, a CED professor and @TernerHousing researcher, discusses the structural roots behind that number — and why it’s growing: ced.berkeley.edu/news/unders…
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