The 15-minute city is a dead end — cities must be places of opportunity for everyone - LSE COVID-19

The notion of the 15-minute city, in which people can work, shop, play and go to school within a small radius of their home, has attracted some urban planners. But now more than ever, argues Edward Glaeser (Harvard), it should be recognised as a dead end which would stop cities from fulfilling their true role as

Is India, Asia and the third world facing a mass die off event? - SLRPNK

cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/c/asklemmy/p/2077338/is-india-asia-and-the-third-world-facing-a-mass-die-off-event [https://piefed.social/c/asklemmy/p/2077338/is-india-asia-and-the-third-world-facing-a-mass-die-off-event] > Anyone out there with real medical knowledge, or industrial hygiene knowledge, of how much heat a human and their society can take before people just die and society crumbles? > > Because looking at the situation from the USA, things are looking grim in India. Severe weather about to get worse and the closure of the straits of hormuz means less power for Air conditioning, no pumped water and no way to handle sewage. All this in a country with lethal air quality levels. > > Better yet, is anyone on this site actually there, and have some ground truth they are willing to share. > > How much heat can we take before things fall apart and we just die. > > I’m not looking for a political discussion, or doomer porn, this is more of a concern for humanity question. > > https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/05/whats-a-super-el-nino-and-other-el-nino-questions-answered/ [https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/05/whats-a-super-el-nino-and-other-el-nino-questions-answered/] > > https://www.lemonde.fr/en/environment/article/2026/05/20/heat-strokes-are-part-of-the-job-in-delhi-construction-workers-endure-43-c-heat_6753631_114.html [https://www.lemonde.fr/en/environment/article/2026/05/20/heat-strokes-are-part-of-the-job-in-delhi-construction-workers-endure-43-c-heat_6753631_114.html] > > > Been doing some digging. Answer seems to be “it depends”. > https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/how-hot-too-hot-humans-record-temperatures-rcna160261 [https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/how-hot-too-hot-humans-record-temperatures-rcna160261]

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