Extreme heat is a complex public health problem driven by interactions at the individual, community, health system, and policy levels. Participatory systems science engages interested parties to ...

This project supports foundational research that explores and creates collaborative processes to foster community resilience. Current approaches that characterize resilience are engineering-based and ...

Processes at this level typically focus on mapping land uses and natural resources, and making difficult choices about how to prioritize one interest over another. The question of scope is not about ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Celina Su, CUNY Graduate Center (THE CONVERSATION) Detroit Mayor Mary Sheffield ...

Moving away from top-down approaches, contemporary practices embrace more inclusive and participatory models and design processes. Participatory planning, a notion that prioritizes involving the ...

Traditional philanthropy has a problem. The top-down, hierarchical power structure often undercuts efforts to make lasting change. In fact, the system itself can mirror the very conditions that ...

A rendering made for The Queens Museum’s Central Atrium for All. (Denise Chow, Maya Gamble, Reem Khorshid, NDos Onochie, and Kalla Sy) AN’s Executive Editor, Jack Murphy, spoke with Sanders and Choe ...

Detroit Mayor Mary Sheffield delivered her first State of the City address on March 31, 2026, at Mumford High School on the city’s northwest side. In the speech, Sheffield touted the accomplishments ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mary Sheffield, center, had already been through 12 budget processes as a City Council member before she was elected mayor of ...