The search of the day (June 17)

2014-06-17 Tuesday

Brookings (13 JUNE 2014) Wanted for innovation districts: Transit and broadband

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/the-avenue/posts/2014/06/13-innovation-districts-and-infrastructure-puentes-tomer?utm_campaign=Brookings+Brief&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=13205957&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--Yq1RlfHw2Qf9xo-nQLvD6NUVznc9FO3re7BLHZiAcKWY7qSia55wlDBeHXE45JHssgxBPZQoeizFSUVd-xNk0OYBuZg&_hsmi=13205957

Whether it was the canals and railroads that linked our heartland to our industrial centers, the interstate highway system that ultimately connected all regions of the nation, or telecommunications infrastructure that allowed data and information to be shared instantly, transportation and telecommunications infrastructure has always played an important role in shaping the economic and physical landscape of this country.

Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program (MAY 2014) Innovation districts

http://www.brookings.edu/about/programs/metro/innovation-districts

http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Programs/metro/Images/Innovation/InnovationDistricts1.pdf

Smart Growth America (17 JUNE 2014) Foot traffic ahead: Ranking walkable urbanism in America’s largest metros

http://www.smartgrowthamerica.org/locus/foot-traffic-ahead/

Grist (16 JUNE 2014) Breastfeeding: Good for babies, the environment and justice too

http://grist.org/food/breastfeeding-good-for-babies-the-environment-and-justice-too/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Daily%2520June%252017&utm_campaign=daily

Grist (16 JUNE 2014) We’re massively underestimating climate costs, experts warn

http://grist.org/news/were-massively-underestimating-climate-costs-experts-warn/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Daily%2520June%252017&utm_campaign=daily

Simon Dietz and Nicholas Stern (JUNE 2014) Endogenous growth, convexity of damages and climate risk: how Nordhaus’ framework supports deep cuts in carbon emissions.  Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy Working Paper No. 180.  Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment

Working Paper No. 159

http://www.lse.ac.uk/GranthamInstitute/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Working-Paper-180-Dietz-and-Stern-2014.pdf

William D. Nordhaus.  To slow or not to slow: The economics of the greenhouse effect. (1991) The Economic Journal 101(407): 920-937.

http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/2233864?uid=3739400&uid=2134&uid=2&uid=70&uid=3737720&uid=4&sid=21104328430763

William D. Nordhaus.  Economic approaches to Greenhouse Warming

From R.D. Dornbush and J.M. Poterba (eds) Global Warming: Economic Policy Approaches (1991) Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.  pp 33-68.

http://ciesin.columbia.edu/docs/003-311/003-311.html

Richard S.J. Tol.  The economic effects of climate change.  Journal of Economic Perspectives.  Volume 23, Number 2 (Spring 2009): 29-51.

http://www.econ.yale.edu/~nordhaus/homepage/documents/Tol_impacts_JEP_2009.pdf

Grist (17 JUNE 2014) This is how much America spends putting out wildfires

http://grist.org/climate-energy/this-is-how-much-america-spends-putting-out-wildfires/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Daily%2520June%252017&utm_campaign=daily

Brookings (13 JUNE 2014) Fighting poverty needs to be a national policy priority

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/up-front/posts/2014/06/13-fighting-poverty-national-policy-priority-kearney-harris?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=BrookingsFB06163&utm_content=BrookingsFB06163