School of Public Policy & Urban Affairs http://www.northeastern.edu/policyschool School of Public Policy & Urban Affairs Wed, 22 May 2013 20:32:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 The Time to Adapt is Now. Matthias Ruth and Douglas Foy Conclude Open Classroom Series on Climate Change. http://www.northeastern.edu/policyschool/he-time-to-adapt-is-now-matthias-ruth-and-douglas-foy-conclude-open-classroom-series-on-climate-change/ http://www.northeastern.edu/policyschool/he-time-to-adapt-is-now-matthias-ruth-and-douglas-foy-conclude-open-classroom-series-on-climate-change/#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 13:05:41 +0000 admin http://www.northeastern.edu/policyschool/?p=7089
Thu, May 02, 2013 | by Douglas Foy and Matthias Ruth

As we bring our series Climate Change. Challenges. Solutions. to a close, moderators Douglas Foy and Matthias Ruth offer their reflections on the mounting challenges presented by climate change, and the depth and breadth of the solutions that will be required in the coming years.

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April 30, 2013 | by Leslie Casey

Northeastern Students4Giving, the University’s experiential philanthropy education program housed in the Human Services Program at the College of Social Sciences and Humanities, has awarded over $83,000 to local nonprofit organizations since its launch in 2008. ]]> http://www.northeastern.edu/policyschool/ns4g-celebrates-fifth-anniversary-and-awards-of-83000/feed/ 0 Clayton-Matthews predicts short-run economic impact from the Boston Lockdown is similar to a snowstorm http://www.northeastern.edu/policyschool/clayton-matthews-predicts-short-run-economic-impact-from-the-boston-lockdown-is-similar-to-a-snowstorm/ http://www.northeastern.edu/policyschool/clayton-matthews-predicts-short-run-economic-impact-from-the-boston-lockdown-is-similar-to-a-snowstorm/#comments Mon, 22 Apr 2013 23:14:38 +0000 admin http://www.northeastern.edu/policyschool/?p=7048
What the Boston Lockdown Might Cost

By YUVAL ROSENBERG | The Fiscal Times | April 19, 2013

The most significant long-run economic impact, if there is any, may come from increased security costs, both in Boston and nationally, particularly for open-air events. “More resources will need to be put into making events secure,” Clayton-Matthews says, “and that takes away resources from other uses that might have led to higher growth in the future.”]]> http://www.northeastern.edu/policyschool/clayton-matthews-predicts-short-run-economic-impact-from-the-boston-lockdown-is-similar-to-a-snowstorm/feed/ 0 Barry Bluestone speaks at Urban Land Institute’s Housing Opportunity 2013 conference http://www.northeastern.edu/policyschool/barry-bluestone-speaks-at-urban-land-institutes-housing-opportunity-2013-conference/ http://www.northeastern.edu/policyschool/barry-bluestone-speaks-at-urban-land-institutes-housing-opportunity-2013-conference/#comments Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:11:02 +0000 admin http://www.northeastern.edu/policyschool/?p=7039
Bluestone presented Lessons from Massachusetts during the closing session on Setting Goals for Housing Opportunity.

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By Jack Minch and Jennifer Swift New Haven Register

The biggest economic impact to Friday's lockdown of Greater Boston is yet to come, said Northeastern University economist and professor of public policy Alan Clayton-Matthews.

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