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Jorge Rodríguez Álvarez
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Prof. Titular Urbanística e Ordenación do Territorio etsa.udc.es @etsac-udc
Guest Lecturer Sustainable Environmental Design at aaschool.ac.uk
Current research projects:
https://litheum.citic.udc.es/
https://esmaart.eu/
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georgemonbiot.bsky.social
This is what the billionaire press and many politicians were campaigning so hard to destroy. Their freedom to drive took precedence over our children's freedom to thrive.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Ulez led to better lung size and function among London children, study finds
Researchers find capacity stunted by pollution restored after introduction of ultra-low emission zone
www.theguardian.com
August 19, 2026 at 6:02 AM
jorgeralvarez.bsky.social
Actuar nos territorios queimados é fundamental: recuperar o solo, reparar camiños, estabilizar as zonas máis fráxiles e reducir o risco de erosión antes das choivas. É o paso previo á reforestación, apostando por mosaicos de bosques diversos, resilientes e adaptados ao territorio.
August 13, 2026 at 10:45 AM
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nytimes.com
Mayor Zohran Mamdani and New York State transit officials announced a plan to study a heat-capture system that could cool train stations, where temperatures can exceed 100 degrees, and help heat city buildings in the winter.
The Subway Is Sweltering. Is There a Way to Put That Heat to Good Use?
Mayor Zohran Mamdani and state transit officials announced a plan to study a heat-capture system that could cool a notoriously hot train station and help heat city buildings in the winter.
nyti.ms
August 10, 2026 at 10:10 PM
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dossierbruselas.bsky.social
El Banco Central Europeo pone precio al riesgo climático
www.dossierbruselas.eu/el-bce-pone-...
El BCE pone precio al riesgo climático
Buenos días, Cuando un banco de la Eurozona llevaba un bono corporativo al Banco Central Europeo (BCE) para pedir liquidez, Frankfurt se limitaba, casi exclusivamente, a a preguntar qué riesgo había ...
www.dossierbruselas.eu
August 3, 2026 at 6:04 AM
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udc.gal
Remata en Vilamartín de Valdeorras o curso de verán da UDC "Estratexias de rexeneración de vilas asoladas polos incendios de 2025".

🔥🌿Durante o curso, 23 estudantes colaboraron cun equipo multidisciplinar para elaborar un documento técnico con estratexias de rexeneración para territorios afectados.
July 20, 2026 at 8:45 AM
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patriciasimon.bsky.social
"La policía alemana me ha designado como alguien a quien hay que vigilar. ¿Cómo es posible que un defensor de los derechos humanos, un defensor israelí de los ddhh, miembro de una familia superviviente del Holocausto, esté señalado en Alemania por antisemitismo?"

www.lamarea.com/2026/07/01/e...
Eyal Weizman: “Israel emplea la arquitectura para continuar el genocidio” | lamarea.com
PATRICIA SIMÓN | El director de Forensic Architecture, publica un libro extraordinario: 'Ungrounding. The Arquitecture of Genocide'.
www.lamarea.com
July 2, 2026 at 5:05 AM
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civio.es
A finales de 2030 se habrá perdido la mitad del millón y medio de viviendas protegidas construidas desde 1991 ‼️ A cierre de 2025, algo menos de 1,13 millones de viviendas siguen dentro de su plazo de protección, pero más de medio millón de ellas pueden haberlo perdido ya.

civio.es/lo-publico/2...
June 29, 2026 at 4:58 PM
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mikegalsworthy.bsky.social
As Britain swelters through another heatwave, few people will have heard that ministers have quietly dropped plans for solar carports.

Cars cooler in summer. Shelter from the rain in winter. Clean electricity all year round.

A missed opportunity?
As Britain bakes, ministers quietly park plans for solar carports
Ministers have quietly shelved plans that could have transformed Britain's biggest car parks into shaded power stations
eastangliabylines.co.uk
June 27, 2026 at 10:04 PM
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emmbadger.bsky.social
Careful planning is Washington’s whole thing: symbolic sightlines; monuments that speak to one another; columns, rooflines and axes aligned just so. The whole city is supposed to be a work of civic art.

Trump’s projects test this 235-year-old idea: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Washington Has Been Carefully Planned for Two Centuries. Now Trump Has His Own Designs. (Gift Article)
The city is unlike any in America for its accumulation of intricate details, a whole that is a work of civic art.
www.nytimes.com
June 16, 2026 at 1:40 PM
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observablehq.com
In 1943, Patrick Abercrombie wanted to describe “a general plan for creating ‘new towns’ but didn’t have the authority to designate specific sites for redevelopment. So, he decided blobs would do the trick.” @mattkhinda.city recreated the “potato plan” in D3: observablehq.com/@mpkhinda/d3...
June 3, 2026 at 5:13 AM
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Pontevedra establishes the Chair of Public Space. A joint initiative between the city council and the university to promote a more ecological and social approach to urban planning and design www.diariodepontevedra.es/articulo/pon...
@urbantruth.bsky.social @concellopontevedra.bsky.social
Proyecto de renaturalización de la ría de Pontevedra en Lourizán realizado en la UDC-ETSAC Renaturalization project of the Pontevedra Estuary in Lourizán, carried out at the UDC-ETSAC.
May 9, 2026 at 11:36 AM
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#SundayReads: @drmatthewgreen revisits the lost city of Dunwich, a once lively port that was taken by the sea: https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/the-city-that-fell-off-a-cliff
April 19, 2026 at 2:15 PM
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urbantruth.bsky.social
Don’t buy a cow, or a car, and expect your city to give you someplace to park it. #UrbanTruth
“It’s not my duty as Mayor to make sure you have a parking spot. It’s the same as if you bought a cow, or a refrigerator, and then ask me where you’re going to put them.“ — Miguel Anxo Fernandez Lores, mayor of Ponte Vedra, Spain. Graphic by the Urban Truth Collective.
March 18, 2026 at 6:13 PM
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urbantruth.bsky.social
“Ever found yourself driving to the grocery store or coffee shop even tho it’s a 10-minute walk & perfectly nice day? New research suggests the reason isn’t just distance—it’s how the walk feels…it’s the sights, street life & amenities along the way that strongly shape whether people decide to walk”
Why walkable neighborhoods aren’t just about distance
New research finds that the experience of a walk plays a major role in whether people leave their cars behind.
www.colorado.edu
March 18, 2026 at 12:22 AM
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davidloisuned.bsky.social
Pontevedra, limitación total del aparcamiento y la velocidad, peatonalización masiva... mostrando el futuro desde hace 25 años.
March 11, 2026 at 10:28 PM
jorgeralvarez.bsky.social
El urbanismo ilegal sigue ocupando grandes superficies de suelo protegido en España.

Este reportaje de @datadista.com analiza construcciones en espacios naturales y órdenes de demolición incumplidas 👇

especiales.datadista.com/medioambient...

#urbanismo #landuse #medioambiente #GIS
Vista aérea de la urbanización Marina de Valdecañas, en plena Red Natura 2000, declarada ilegal desde 2011
March 10, 2026 at 9:34 AM
Reposted by Jorge Rodríguez Álvarez
nytimes.com
​​Antarctica’s melting ice is raising global sea levels, worsening damage from floods and storm surges. Our reporter explains why the Thwaites Glacier is crucial for scientists who are trying to pin down how much extra water to expect, and how soon.

Learn more: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/c...
December 30, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Reposted by Jorge Rodríguez Álvarez
littlegreenbooks.bsky.social
How can we make our cities and towns sustainable, healthy, functional and inspirational places to live and work?

We've collected our favourite books on the subject here:
uk.bookshop.org/lists/sustai...

#Urbanism
#Sustainability
#GreenPolitics
A banner for the Little Green Bookshop's Sustainable Cities reading list, featuring books: Streetfight by Janette Sadik-Khan Palaces for the People by Eric Klinenberg, Building the Cycling City by Chris and Melissa Bruntlett, Happy City by Charles Montgomery, Cities for People by Jan Gehl, The Sustainable City by Harriet Thorpe and Taran Wilkhu, Restorative Cities by Jenny Roe, Layla McCay, Nature of Our Cities by Nadina Galle, Copenhaganize by Mikael Colville-Andersen, Life After Cars by the hosts of the War on Cars Podcast, Cycling for Sustainable Cities by John Pulcher, Ralph Buehler, Garden City by Anna Yudina, Radical Adaptation by Brian Stone Jr, Carmageddon by Daniel Knowles, The New City by Dickson Despommier, The Just City by Susan S Fainstein, Wild Cities by Chris Fitch, The Circular Economy and Liveable Cities ed Robert C Brears, The 15-Minute City by Carlos Moreno, Curbing Traffic by Chris and Melissa Bruntlett, Leading the Inclusive City by Robin Hambleton, Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louv
October 22, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Está claro que o Bichero de @ldavila.bsky.social son os Simpsons galegos, predín o futuro por moi tolo que pareza 🤣

www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/yes/...
October 21, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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O Celta recibe a prestixiosa certificación BREEAM Urbanismo
#celta #farodevigo
El Celta recibe la prestigiosa certificación BREEAM Urbanismo
El equipo vigués se convierte en el primer club de fútbol del mundo en conseguirla
galego.farodevigo.es
September 17, 2025 at 8:25 PM
jorgeralvarez.bsky.social
Gente que te encontrabas por Pontevedra en los años 90:

📷 Malaherba (M.Jabois, ilustración B.Seguí)
September 13, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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data.ft.com
How we made it: southern Europe’s wildfire summer on.ft.com/4oOoNa4
How we made it: southern Europe’s wildfire summer
Guide to the climate graphic of the week
on.ft.com
August 20, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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praza.gal
🏚️ "Deixáronnos sós": a loita veciñal contra o lume que arrasa aldeas
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"Deixáronnos sós": a loita veciñal contra o lume que arrasa aldeas - Praza Pública
As lapas destruíron por completo San Vicente de Leira, en Vilamartín de Valdeorras, no mesmo día no que a veciñanza do Canizo, na Gudiña, salvou por pouco as súas casas. Magdalena e Raquel, veciñas, r...
praza.gal
August 20, 2025 at 6:02 AM
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Impactante testemuño de Raquel Rodríguez sobre a loita contra o lume da xente de O Canizo, sen máis medios nin axuda ca a dos propios veciños.
O relato remata cunha cuestión crucial: despois do lume, que?
www.nosdiario.gal/opinion/raqu...
Relato da Raquel do lume no Canizo
Agora que parece que todo está calmado, séntome a escribir a crónica do que vivín esta semana horrible para min e a miña comunidade de nacemento e corazón. E
www.nosdiario.gal
August 19, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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Tristemente estamos ante os incendios máis devastadores das últimas décadas. Por desgraza, a aldea da familia en O Canizo, en A Gudiña foi unha das zonas máis afectadas. O lume estendeuse a pesar dos esforzos da xente da aldea, que limitou os efectos do lume se case axuda.
esmaart.eu/noticias/
August 18, 2025 at 9:28 AM