The United Nations “Leave No One Behind” motto is a commitment to assure the 2030 Global Agenda benefit all people, in particular marginalized groups. However, disadvantaged populations, such as homeless groups, are still getting left behind and not advocated for globally.
The pandemic spread rapidly across Italy putting the region’s health system on the brink of collapse, highlighting the government’s capacity to respond to citizens. Ten dashboards provided an aggregated view of what people across Italy tweet during the pandemic by monitoring social media real-time behaviors across geographies.
On April 17, 2023 the President of SDSU gives a presentation on the array of sustainability projects accross SDSU. The Metabolism of Cities Living Lab was showcased during the Sustainability in Action: SDSU President’s Update.
The exhibit consists of two parts: Metabolism of Cities Living Lab SDSU 4 SDGs “Leave No One Behind ” Exhibition & Libraries and Sustainability: Working Toward the UN Sustainable Development Goals in the SDSU Library.
Date: June 21, 2021 | Location: Yale University, New Haven Connecticut International Industrial Ecology (ISIE) Day 2021. Cities Beyond Borders: (Re)thinking the urban metabolism. Slot 9, International Society for Industrial Ecology, Yale University. The Metabolism of Cities Living Lab and Politecnico di Milano organized a… Read More »International Society for Industrial Ecology. Cities Beyond Borders: (Re)thinking the urban metabolism
The Metabolism of Cities Living Lab researchers presented 3 themes 1) “Comparing cases from California, USA and Italy” 2) “Social response to Covid-19 smart dashboard: the case study of 10 Italian metropolitan cities” and 3) “Social network analysis of Covid-19 sentiments: the case study of 10 metropolitan cities in Italy” at Columbia University in New York City, NY.
Date: October 26-29, 2021 | Location: Rimini, Italy Ecomondo Conference 2021, Italian Exhibition Group PRESENTATION: “A toolkit guide to tackling and monitoring waste in coastal and island tourism regions.” Partners Vito Domenico, Fernandez Gabriela, and Maione Carol Vito, D., Fernandez, G., & Maione, C. (2022).… Read More »Ecomondo Conference
The Metabolism of Cities Living Lab hosted a Climathon event for the city of El Astillero, Nicaragua on the topic of waste management and water pollution alongside the European Union, EIT Climate KIC, Hubzine Italia, Ilvespaio, Casa Congo and more. The theme was called From trash to treasure: turning waste into useful raw materials. The Climathon event held 5 challenges: 1) data and monitoring 2) education and children, 3) arts and humanities 4) technology, and 5) industry, tourism, and management.
Date: October 2022 | Location: Cham, Switzerland SDGs in the Americas and Caribbean Region. Implementing the UN Sustainable Development Goals – Regional Perspectives book series (IUNSDGRP) Springer Nature Switzerland AG Cham, (pp 1-19), ISBN-13: 9783031160165. BOOK CHAPTER: “Protecting our oceans with citizen science: El Astillero,… Read More »SDGs in the Americas and Caribbean Region. Implementing the UN Sustainable Development Goals
Date: September 21, 2021 | Location: Cham, Switzerland Empowering human dynamics research with social media and geospatial data analytics, Human Dynamics in Smart Cities, Springer Nature Switzerland AG Cham, (pp. 167-184). ISBN: 978-3-030-83009-0. BOOK CHAPTER: “Sentiment analysis of social media response and spatial distribution patterns… Read More »Empowering human dynamics research with social media & geospatial data analytics, Human Dynamics in Smart Cities
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